>> On Oct 22, 2017, at 13:11, Kosta Zertsekel wrote: >> I wonder why automake has become the build system for Bitcoin Core? >> I mean - why not cmake which is considered better? >> Can you please point to the relevant discussion or explanation? > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:24 AM, Jeffrey Paul wrote: > Considered by whom? Automake is the standard and I prefer it as it requires > no additional install on most systems. For that, I consider it better. Well, here are some quotes about CMake build tools... JetBrains (2014) ================ Our brief research showed that CMake and ‘make’ were the most popular cross-platform tools, having ~30% of users each, while both Autotools and qmake had less than 7% of users. So we ended up with CMake and make. [https://blog.jetbrains.com/clion/2014/09/cmake-vs-the-others-round-1/] KDE Project (2006) ================== Now the next big change is happening: KDE is leaving the aging "autotool" build chain behind. Some developers, not only in KDE, like to nickname the autotools as "auto-hell" because of its difficult to comprehend architecture. So, KDE 4 will feature a completely different build system: CMake. [https://lwn.net/Articles/188693/] Also, there are more advanced build systems: ============================================ - Meson [http://mesonbuild.com] - Ninja [https://ninja-build.org/] All of them (CMake, Meson, Ninja) had a goal to replace automake. Was there any discussion about choosing the best build system for Bitcoin Core? Thanks, --- Kosta Z.