Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'

Subject: Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'
From: Thijs (M.A.) van den Berg (thijs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-17 11:57:01

> On 17 May 2016, at 17:35, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:24:36 MSK Sam Kellett wrote:
>>> On 17 May 2016 at 16:05, Andrey Semashev
>> <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> 
>>> I should say that many
>>> opensource projects practice a separate directory for build-related
> stuff
>>> and it doesn't
>>> hurt anyone (quite the contrary, I'd say).
>> 
>> which ones?
> 
> From the ones I have locally: TBB, openh264, webrtc, libvpx, 
> libresiprocate. Well, ok, some of them have a configure script or a 
> single Makefile at the root directory, but most of the build stuff is put in 
> a subdirectory.
> 

The way I use CMake and see other use it is indeed to have a single CMakeFiles.txt config file in the root, and then do "out of source" building.