Changes between Version 4 and Version 5 of CMake


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Oct 22, 2011, 6:50:51 PM (13 years ago)
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Mateusz Łoskot
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  • CMake

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    55In 2009, idea of CMake for GDAL was [http://mateusz.loskot.net/2009/09/28/building-liblas-with-cmake/ roughly discussed] by Emmanuel Christophe and eventually a prototype project had launched at http://code.google.com/p/gdal-cmake/ but suspended a few months later and the project disappeared from Google Code. The CMake adoption for OSGeo/FOSS4G projects continued with very good results, for example QGIS, libLAS, GEOS, GeoTIFF as well as FOSS in general (KDE, clang). So, the idea of CMake configuration for GDAL was [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2010-June/024910.html still alive] in the community.
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    7 At FOSS4G 2011, the CMake for GDAL received some attention with follow-up on the mailing list [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2010-June/024910.html announcing CMake For GDAL] may get potential support from [http://www.kitware.com/ Kitware].
     7At FOSS4G 2011, the CMake for GDAL received some attention with follow-up on the mailing list [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2011-October/030334.html announcing CMake For GDAL] may get potential support from [http://www.kitware.com/ Kitware].
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    99CMake is a highly capable cross-platform build system. It is a meta-build system able to generate native build configurations for number of development toolsets on variety of platforms. CMake configuration would be very beneficial for GDAL users and developers. Let get the thing done.