>> 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 <jp@eeqj.com> 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)

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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.

KDE Project (2006)

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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.

Also, there are more advanced build systems:

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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.