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@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ About Autocmake
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Building libraries and executables from sources can be a complex task. Several
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solutions exist to this problem: GNU Makefiles is the traditional approach.
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Today, CMake is one of the trendier alternatives. Autocmake is a script which
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composes well tested CMake building blocks into a CMake project. Autocmake
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assembles CMake modules, generates ``CMakeLists.txt`` as well as ``setup.py``,
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which serves as a front-end to ``CMakeLists.txt``. All this is done based on a
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lightweight ``autocmake.cfg`` file::
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composes well tested CMake building blocks into a CMake project and generates
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``CMakeLists.txt`` as well as ``setup.py``, which serves as a front-end to
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``CMakeLists.txt``. All this is done based on a lightweight ``autocmake.cfg``
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file::
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python update.py --self
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@ -50,8 +50,7 @@ scientific projects which typically have very similar requirements:
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- Math libraries: BLAS, LAPACK
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Our other motivation for Autocmake was to make it easier for developers who do
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not know CMake to generate a CMake infrastructure within minutes by providing
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a higher-level entry point to CMake.
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not know CMake to use CMake by providing a higher-level entry point to CMake.
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Autocmake is a chance to provide a well documented and tested set of CMake
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plug-ins. With this we wish to give also users of codes the opportunity to
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@ -70,6 +69,5 @@ Convention over configuration
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-----------------------------
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Our guideline is to follow good established conventions in order to allow users
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and developers to recognize the configuration when experimenting with
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an Autocmake-powered project.
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another.
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and developers to recognize the configuration when experimenting with an
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Autocmake-powered project.
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