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by ansel
Wed Jun 17 2015 8:26 pm
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: Qt version reason
Replies: 3
Views: 17340

Re: Qt version reason

That is true that we did not backport the Qt5 platform abstraction layer. Our intent is to make CopperSpice portable by using C++11 features rather than hand write platform specific code. We feel that this is a better solution in the long term.
by ansel
Fri Jun 12 2015 5:55 am
Forum: Enhancements
Topic: pkg-config and cmake support
Replies: 3
Views: 19750

Re: pkg-config and cmake support

Hello to both of you and welcome to CopperSpice! Yes, pkg-config support is high on our priority list. We are well aware of how important it is for library users. Automake was chosen for a number of reasons, including platform support, cross-compilation support, integration with various package mana...
by ansel
Fri Jun 12 2015 5:42 am
Forum: Developers
Topic: why autotools?
Replies: 5
Views: 18953

Re: why autotools?

Thank you for your input and your question. We have received a number of requests to investigate the possibility of supporting CMake and we are in the process of doing so for the straightforward build scenarios. My experience of Autotools has been that it is the least bad option for complex cross-pl...