On Thu, Nov 26, 2015 at 01:16:05PM +0100, aitor_czr wrote:
> Hi Rainer,
>
> I added cmake, which generates the makefile:
>
> https://gitlab.com/aitor_czr/spinner/commits/master
>
> How to build:
>
> mkdir build
> cd build
> cmake ../
> make
>

Again, sorry for playing auldie auntie, but why on planet Earth should
the user be requested to "mkdir build" if a directory named "build" is
actually required every single time one attempts to compile the
package? Also, why not allowing just "cmake" on the main directory
instead than using a contorsionism like "cd build; cmake ../"?!?!?

There is no widely used package out there for which compilation
requires to create directories and/or wander around the
filesystem. The striking majority of packages is built and installed
just by typying "tar -zxf ${filename}.tar.gz; cd ${filename};
configure (or cmake); make; make install". That's for a simple reason:
principle of least surprise.

Sorry again, but I really can't see why we should unduly
overcomplicate things that are usually just simple...

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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