Author: Dan Dennedy Date: To: Minimalistic plugin API for video effects Subject: Re: [Frei0r] autoconf build problems and switch to cmake only
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Jaromil <jaromil@???> wrote: >
> re all
>
> while testing Janne's new filters I was also trying to add them into the
> autoconf build, but while doing so I'm realizing that our autoconf
> setup does not work to add filters and in fact skips already many of
> them.
>
> I was trying to figure out where is the problem, but so far couldn't.
>
> The autoconf build setup is dated back to 2007 when Richard Spindler
> wrote it (author or open movie editor), then since he went silent in
> frei0r I've tried to maintain it with some success.
>
> Meanwhile the new cmake build was contributed in 2010 by Joshua M. Doe
> and seems to work very well on all platforms, plus has a clear and
> self-contained way to add new filters to the frei0r tree, reasons why
> all new filters contributed seem to prefer that.
>
> Hence my proposal is now to drop the autoconf build as a whole, stop
> bothering maintaining two build systems and just switch to cmake. AFAIK
> most GNU/Linux distributions have already a way to package cmake builds.
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