Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Patrick
>
> On 25/09/2024 07:04, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 02:02:34AM -0400, Eli Schwartz wrote:
>>
>>> I'm probably biased, but some of these failure modes are *weird*. And
>>> they basically never require the CMakeLists.txt to do something
>>> considered non-idiomatic in order to trigger the issue.
>> All of this is very valuable data to make my case for Meson instead
>> of
>> CMake. Appreciated, thanks!
>
> One thing to bear in mind is why our CMakeLists.txt was introduced in
> the first place [1]. Visual Studio's CMake integration means that so
> long as git-for-windows is installed building git is simply a case of
> clicking on a button, there is no need to install extra software or
> plugins. I'm not sure the same is true for meson and I don't think we
> want to end up supporting both.

Is CMake the _only_ thing that is integrated into Visual Studio?
Are there other possible candidates that could also be used to build
for non-Windows and is usable by this project?



> Best Wishes
>
> Phillip
>
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2004251354390.18039@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet/