[torquedev] CMake'ing Torque

[Garrick Staples]

On Wed, Apr 07, 2010 at 09:00:31AM -0600, Ken Nielson alleged:
> Baer, Troy wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-04-07 at 15:14 +0200, Simon Toth wrote: 
> >   
> >> Dne 7.4.2010 04:25, Garrick Staples napsal(a):
> >>     
> >>> I still don't understand why anyone would want to convert an actively
> >>> maintained autoconf setup that runs well on every platform.
> >>>       
> >> The reasons are many:
> >>
> >> * cmake is much easier to maintain/modify/use
> >> * cmake does handle most of the logic internally (no need to write
> >> custom scripts, and crazy make rules)
> >> * cmake runs pretty much everywhere (including platforms not supported
> >> by automake)
> >> * cmake is a lot faster (this does matter, only when you always compile
> >> from scratch)
> >> * cmake is just a part of a larger ecosystem (ctest,cdash,cpack)
> >> * cmake is used by many opensource projects and is very actively developed
> >> * transformation from automake to cmake is relatively painless
> >> (transformation scripts are avaiable)
> >>     
> >
> > These are all good reasons why a new project might adopt cmake.
> > However, TORQUE is *not* a new project, and it has an existing build
> > system that works.  Moreover, I would guess that most of the active
> > TORQUE developers are either not at all familiar with cmake or more
> > familiar with autoconf than cmake.  You are in effect asking the TORQUE
> > dev team to support an entirely new build system, with which many of
> > them are not familiar, in addition to the existing one.  Unless you're
> > volunteering to be the person who supports cmake in TORQUE, it is going
> > to be difficult to convince Garrick, et al. to do this IMHO.
> >
> > 	--Troy
> >   
> 
> I echo Troy and Garrick's comments. This is a legacy product and big 
> changes to how things are done can cause a great deal of pain to those 
> already using it.
> 
> But before we dismiss Dominique I would like to see the work he has done 
> so everyone can see what it does.

Let's start with maui. It needs buildsystem love.

-- 
Garrick Staples, GNU/Linux HPCC SysAdmin
University of Southern California

Life is Good!
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