[PD-dev] PD-specific tips for compiling faster on Windows

[Dan Wilcox]

The libpd CMakeLists.txt might be a good starting point.

I have used CMake for some specific things, but in general I find autotools to be the easiest to use for (non-Windows) end users, especially those on Linux that are more used to the paradigm. It's always a beast to set up, but stays stable for a long time.

One danger I'd like to avoid is all of the Windows people *not* using the autotools build as then we lose testing and further updates on that platform. Keep in mind that the autotools build is now used for Miller's "canonical" releases.

> On Apr 22, 2020, at 2:31 PM, pd-dev-request at lists.iem.at wrote:
> 
>> There has been interest for using CMake for libpd, so I could see 
> that as a companion method to build Pd but not a replacement for 
> autotools IMO.
> 
> Actually, I would volunteer to setup a CMake build system for Pd. CMake 
> is really nice because it supports so many tool chains out of the box, 
> including Visual Studio solutions and Unix Makefiles for MinGW.
> 
> Of course, this is not high priority, so I might give it a shot in 
> summer or so.
> 
> Christof

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