Mathemagix

[Joris van der Hoeven <address@concealed>]

On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 07:30:27PM +0200, Bernard Mourrain wrote:
> The good news of the end of the weekend:
> A cmake support for mmx is now available!

Please mention more prominently that the support is only at an alpha-stage.

> mkdir build         # the directory where all will be built
> cd build
> cmake ../mmx        # or the directory of mmx
> make
> source local_paths  # to setup environment variables
> mmx-light           # to run the interpreter

I get the same error as Frederic.

I also noticed that virtually all compilation options have disappeared,
and in particular the optimization options which are necessary
for good performance.

> * The same process applies for the construction of one package
> (cmake ../mmx/the_package).

For the moment, only your own packages seem to be supported.

> * The axel plugins provided by package are also built with cmake
> (including the moc generation).

Gregoire has not managed to build Axel, although he has tried
hard several times and during several hours. You have already
discussed these problems with him?

> Warning: there are still some prolems to fix (eg. the option SIMD or the 
> documentation). They should be treated in the next step.

Yes, this is going to be the painful part...

> Enjoy portability now!

Portability to what? Did you succeed any kind of portability
which was not achieved by the current autotools-based system?
Does everything work on Windows now?

Some good news too from our side: we probably found suitable
people for both job offers. We will ask them to investigate
the autotools and cmake systems more closely and suggest a solution.

Best wishes, --Joris