Re: [cdt-dev] CMake plugins

[Martin Weber <fifteenknots505@xxxxxxxxx>]

Am Donnerstag, 9. November 2017, 20:36:03 CET schrieb Doug Schaefer:
> Well, the good news is that all we have today in the CDT is the Core Build
> integration and project templates. Plenty of room to expand and grow that
> in other areas, especially the editor. I look forward to all of your
> contributions and help.

Good news! 
All original copyright holders of CmakeEd approved to change the license to 
EPL. I will mail the approvals PM, if requested.

If eclipse.org is interested, how should we proceed? 
If the license info in CmakeEd code will had been changed to EPL, would 
eclipse.org provide 
- code hosting, 
- an issue tracker and 
- CI build infrastructure?
Or would it be sufficient to eclipse.org to just have a reference in their EPP 
composite update site that points to CmakeEd`s update site? 
NOTE: CmakeEd roughly follows the releases cycles of cmake as they evolve 
their language, which is about every 3-4 weeks currently. EPP cycles are much 
longer.

I would prefer to NOT have CmakeEd under the CDT umbrella, my concerns are 
that
- CmakeEd issues would get lost under the ~65k open issues under CDT
and IMHO more important,
- cmake itself is not tied to just C/C++. According to [1], cmake can generate 
build scripts to compile at least eight source languages. I think it`s better 
to have CmakeEd below some kind of 'Eclipse Source Editors' umbrella.
 
MfG,
	Martin

[1] <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24534384/what-are-the-possible-values-for-the-language-variable-in-cmake>

> 
> Doug.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Martin Weber
> > Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 3:22 PM
> > To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] CMake plugins
> > 
> > Am Donnerstag, 9. November 2017, 20:00:45 CET schrieb Doug Schaefer:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Weber
> > > > Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 2:53 PM
> > > > To: cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] CMake plugins
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > > Or better, search for cmake in the eclipse marketplace to find
> > > > what`s already there.
> > > 
> > > It mainly comes down to licensing. These plug-ins are not EPL. They
> > > also do not use the new Core Build system that we are migrating to.
> > > I'd love to have the editor but the copyright holders would need to
> > > change the> 
> > license.
> > 
> > cmake4eclipse is EPL licensed.
> > 
> > CMakeEd is CPL, which should be EPL compatible [1]. Since I am the current
> > maintainer, I could ask the original authors to change the license, if you
> > like.> 
> > > Which raises the point, I also could ask why the authors of those
> > > plug-ins didn't contribute them directly to CDT.
> > 
> > Regarding cmake4eclipse, I am the author and already announced here I
> > would
> > donate it to CDT.
> > 
> > /Martin
> > 
> > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Public_License
> > 
> > 
> > --
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> > 
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