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GNOME Experiment: New build systems

Guidelines

Autotools are great but we always want to try out new things ;). There are some new tools for building software:

Also, there are some discussions about Non-Recursive Automake in MurrayC's blog and some benchmarks in Daniel Elstner's Blog

Try them and share your experiencies!

Guides

Implement non-recursive automake correctly: http://www.flameeyes.eu/autotools-mythbuster/automake/nonrecursive.html
Blog post to implement non-recursive automake in libgdata.
Use cmake to build gtk+ programs: http://live.gnome.org/gtkmm/UsingCMake
Tutorial CMake (Spanish): http://plagatux.es/2009/12/tutorial-cmake/

Useful links

List of applications that are already using waf: http://code.google.com/p/waf/wiki/ProjectsUsingWaf
List of applications that are already using cmake: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_Projects
List of applications that are already using scons: http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsProjects

Comparisons

Benchmark of various build tools
Scons Vs Other build tools: http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsVsOtherBuildTools

Discussions

Blog post about waf by hughsie: http://hughsient.livejournal.com/11016.html and the new one
Blog post about cmake by hughsie: http://hughsient.livejournal.com/11366.html and the new one
Blog post about cmake by lucidfox: http://lucidfox.org/posts/view/556
Desktop-devel thread and crosscompiling support in waf.

Comments

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Status

Tip: If you choose to work on a module, create the bug report on the GNOME bugzilla for the relevant module, and make it block bug <<insert here a link to the tracker bug>>. This way people will know someone already works on it, and won't duplicate the work you're doing.

State	Markup
todo	`<: #ff8080> todo`
patch	`<: #ffc849> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx\|patch]]`
done	`<: #80ff80> [[GnomeBug:xxxxx\|done]]`
not needed	`<: #80ff80> not needed`

Above are the states and corresponding markup to update the modules state table below.

Tarball	Waf	Cmake	Scons
Desktop
alacarte	to do	to do	to do
brasero	to do	to do	to do
bug-buddy	to do	to do	to do
cheese	to do	to do	to do
dasher	to do	to do	to do
deskbar-applet	to do	to do	to do
ekiga	to do	to do	to do
empathy	to do	to do	to do
eog	to do	to do	to do
epiphany	to do	to do	to do
evince	to do	to do	to do
evolution-data-server	to do	to do	to do
evolution	to do	to do	to do
evolution-exchange	to do	to do	to do
evolution-mapi	to do	to do	to do
evolution-webcal	to do	to do	to do
file-roller	to do	to do	to do
gcalctool	to do	to do	to do
gconf-editor	to do	to do	to do
gdm	to do	to do	to do
gedit	to do	to do	to do
gnome-applets	to do	to do	to do
gnome-backgrounds	to do	to do	to do
gnome-control-center	to do	to do	to do
gnome-desktop	to do	to do	to do
gnome-desktop-sharp	to do	to do	to do
gnome-doc-utils	to do	to do	to do
gnome-games	to do	to do	to do
gnome-icon-theme	to do	to do	to do
gnome-keyring	to do	to do	to do
gnome-netstatus	to do	to do	to do
gnome-nettool	to do	to do	to do
gnome-mag	to do	to do	to do
gnome-media	to do	to do	to do
gnome-menus	to do	to do	to do
gnome-panel	to do	to do	to do
gnome-power-manager	to do	to do	to do
gnome-python-desktop	done	to do	to do
gnome-screensaver	to do	to do	to do
gnome-session	to do	to do	to do
gnome-settings-daemon	to do	to do	to do
gnome-sharp	to do	to do	to do
gnome-speech	to do	to do	to do
gnome-system-monitor	to do	to do	to do
gnome-system-tools	to do	to do	to do
gnome-terminal	to do	to do	to do
gnome-themes	to do	to do	to do
gnome-user-docs	to do	to do	to do
gnome-user-share	to do	to do	to do
gnome-utils	to do	to do	to do
gok	to do	to do	to do
gstreamer	to do	to do	to do
gst-plugins-base	to do	to do	to do
gst-plugins-good	to do	to do	to do
gtk-engines	to do	to do	to do
gtkhtml	to do	to do	to do
gtksourceview	to do	to do	to do
gucharmap	to do	to do	to do
gvfs	to do	to do	to do
hamster-applet	to do	to do	to do
libgail-gnome	to do	to do	to do
libgnomekbd	to do	to do	to do
libgtop	to do	to do	to do
libgweather	to do	to do	to do
liboobs	to do	to do	to do
librsvg	to do	to do	to do
libsoup	to do	to do	to do
libwnck	to do	to do	to do
metacity	to do	to do	to do
mousetweaks	to do	to do	to do
nautilus	to do	to do	to do
orca	to do	to do	to do
pygtksourceview	to do	to do	to do
seahorse	to do	to do	to do
sound-juicer	to do	to do	to do
swfdec-gnome	to do	to do	to do
tomboy	to do	to do	to do
totem	to do	to do	to do
totem-pl-parser	to do	to do	to do
vinagre	to do	to do	to do
vino	to do	to do	to do
vte	to do	to do	to do
yelp	to do	to do	to do
zenity	to do	to do	to do
Desktop (to be deprecated)
libgnomeprint	to do	to do	to do
libgnomeprintui	to do	to do	to do
Platform
GConf	to do	to do	to do
at-spi	to do	to do	to do
atk	to do	to do	to do
glib	to do	to do	to do
gtk+	to do	to do	to do
gtk-doc	to do	to do	to do
pango	to do	to do	to do
Admin
pessulus	to do	to do	to do
sabayon	to do	to do	to do
Development Tools
accerciser	to do	to do	to do
anjuta	to do	to do	to do
devhelp	to do	to do	to do
gdl	to do	to do	to do
glade3	to do	to do	to do
gnome-devel-docs	to do	to do	to do
Bindings (C++)
glibmm	to do	to do	to do
pangomm	to do	to do	to do
gtkmm	to do	to do	to do
libglademm	to do	to do	to do
gconfmm	to do	to do	to do
libgnomecanvasmm	to do	to do	to do
libgnome-vfsmm	to do	to do	to do
libgnomemm	to do	to do	to do
libgnomeuimm	to do	to do	to do
libxml++	to do	to do	to do
Bindings (java)
glib-java (jg-common)	to do	to do	to do
libgtk-java	to do	to do	to do
libgnome-java	to do	to do	to do
libgconf-java	to do	to do	to do
libglade-java	to do	to do	to do
Bindings (mono)
gtk-sharp	to do	to do	to do
Bindings (perl)
Glib	to do	to do	to do
Gtk2	to do	to do	to do
Gtk2-GladeXML	to do	to do	to do
Gnome2-GConf	to do	to do	to do
Gnome2-Canvas	to do	to do	to do
Gnome2-VFS	to do	to do	to do
Gnome2	to do	to do	to do
Bindings (python)
pygobject	to do	to do	to do
pygtk	to do	to do	to do
pyorbit	to do	to do	to do
gnome-python	done	to do	to do
Mobile
GConf (dbus-based)	to do	to do	to do
evolution-data-server (dbus-based)	to do	to do	to do
clutter-gst	to do	to do	to do
External Dependencies
avahi	to do	to do	to do
cairo	to do	to do	to do
cairomm	to do	to do	to do
clutter	to do	to do	to do
clutter-cairo	to do	to do	to do
clutter-gtk	to do	to do	to do
conduit	to do	to do	to do
dbus	to do	to do	to do
dbus-glib	to do	to do	to do
dbus-python	to do	to do	to do
desktop-file-utils	to do	to do	to do
DeviceKit	to do	to do	to do
DeviceKit-disks	to do	to do	to do
DeviceKit-power	to do	to do	to do
enchant	to do	to do	to do
expat	to do	to do	to do
farsight2	to do	to do	to do
fontconfig	to do	to do	to do
gamin	to do	to do	to do
gnutls	to do	to do	to do
gpgme	to do	to do	to do
gtk-vnc	to do	to do	to do
hal	to do	to do	to do
hicolor-icon-theme	to do	to do	to do
icon-naming-utils	to do	to do	to do
intltool	to do	to do	to do
iso-codes	to do	to do	to do
libatasmart	to do	to do	to do
libcanberra	to do	to do	to do
libcolorblind	to do	to do	to do
libcroco	to do	to do	to do
libgda	to do	to do	to do
libgdata	to do	to do	to do	Non-Recursive automake
libggz, ggz-client-libs	to do	to do	to do
libgpg-error	to do	to do	to do
libgcrypt	to do	to do	to do
libgsf	to do	to do	to do
libical	to do	to do	to do
libmapi	to do	to do	to do
libmusicbrainz	to do	to do	to do
libnotify	to do	to do	to do
liboil	to do	to do	to do
libproxy	to do	to do	to do
libtasn1	to do	to do	to do
libtelepathy	to do	to do	to do
libxklavier	to do	to do	to do
libxml2	to do	to do	to do
libxslt	to do	to do	to do
Mono.Addins	to do	to do	to do
mozilla (firefox)	to do	to do	to do
ndesk-dbus	to do	to do	to do
ndesk-dbus-glib	to do	to do	to do
opal	to do	to do	to do
pkg-config	to do	to do	to do
PolicyKit	to do	to do	to do
PolicyKit-gnome	to do	to do	to do
pulseaudio	to do	to do	to do
poppler	to do	to do	to do
pycairo	to do	to do	to do
ptlib	to do	to do	to do
Python	to do	to do	to do
rarian	to do	to do	to do
shared-mime-info	to do	to do	to do
sqlite	to do	to do	to do
startup-notification	to do	to do	to do
swfdec	to do	to do	to do
system-tools-backends	to do	to do	to do
telepathy-glib	to do	to do	to do
telepathy-mission-control	to do	to do	to do
unique	to do	to do	to do
Other
abiword	to do	to do	to do
ardour	done	to do	to do
atomix	to do	to do	to do
banshee	to do	to do	to do
banter	to do	to do	to do
beagle	to do	to do	to do
contact-lookup-applet	to do	to do	to do
dia	to do	to do	to do
eggcups	to do	to do	to do
f-spot	to do	to do	to do
ghex	to do	to do	to do
geany	done	to do	to do
gigolo	to do	to do	to do
gimp	to do	to do	to do
glom	to do	to do	to do	Non-Recursive Automake
gnome-blog	to do	to do	to do
gnome-bluetooth	to do	to do	to do
gnome-cups-manager	to do	to do	to do
gnome-disk-utility	to do	to do	to do
gnome-main-menu	to do	to do	to do
gnome-mud	to do	to do	to do
goocanvas	to do	to do	to do
goocanvasmm	to do	to do	to do
GParted	to do	to do	to do
GNOME Phone Manager	to do	to do	to do
Gnumeric	to do	to do	to do
gossip	to do	to do	to do
gtetrinet	to do	to do	to do
gtkpod	to do	done	to do
gthumb	to do	to do	to do
gtranslator	to do	to do	to do
inkscape	to do	done	to do
krb5-auth-dialog	to do	to do	to do
libbtctl	to do	to do	to do
libchamplain	to do	to do	to do
libgda	to do	to do	to do
libgnomekbd	to do	to do	to do
libgoffice	to do	to do	to do
libgsf	to do	to do	to do
midori	done	to do	to do
nautilus-sendto	to do	to do	to do
nautilus-vcs	to do	to do	to do
nemiver	to do	to do	to do
NetworkManager	to do	to do	to do
PackageKit	done	to do	to do
planner	to do	to do	to do
rhythmbox	to do	to do	to do
val(a)IDE	done	to do	to do
xchat-gnome	to do	to do	to do
xmms2	done	to do	to do