Re: 1.11.0 release

[Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu>]

2013/10/9 Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>:
> On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:47 AM, Bálint Réczey <balint () balintreczey hu> wrote:
>
> > How about dropping the automake based and nmake based makefile systems and
> > replacing both with CMake?
>
> So do you propose that people who are building from source only because they don't have binary packages available for 
> their platforms should be required to install not only make and a C compiler but also CMake?
Building Wireshark already needs way more tools than just make and a C compiler.
IMO with shipping CMake only we could ship something we can reliably
maintain finally.
I also can't name any platform we would like to support but where
CMake is not available easily (like apt-get/yum/etc. install cmake).

Cheers,
Balint
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