Re: [paho-dev] Paho C and C++ build systems

[Frank Pagliughi <fpagliughi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, it seems there's increasing interest in Conan these days. I was
already starting to look into it when this popped up:
https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pull/2729#discussion_r481150492

I'm not sure if this is all coordinated or if people are working on it
independently.

Frank

On 9/2/20 10:34 AM, Ian Craggs wrote:
> That sounds good Frank.  I'm no expert in CMake either.
>
> A big concern of mine is that we make sure the Conan packaging still
> works - that mainly depends on the input CMake parameters and the
> packaging.  I've spent some time recently getting that into a good
> shape for the C client (I am going to look at it for the C++ client too).
>
> Ian
>
> On 01/09/2020 16:00, Frank Pagliughi wrote:
>> Hey Ian, and all,
>>
>> I'd like to spend a little time in the near future getting the CMake
>> build systems for the Paho C and C++ libraries fixed and modernized. A
>> huge percentage of the requests I'm getting lately are just about how to
>> build and install the libraries. I know there's also a push lately to
>> just get the projects into Conan and/or create installable packages, but
>> fixing the CMake would help there, too.
>>
>> What I would like to do is:
>> 1. Get the build systems of both projects up-to-date with current,
>> modern, modular CMake best practices.
>> 2. Properly handle transient dependencies
>> 3. Properly export the installs with consistent naming, etc
>> 4. Have the C++ lib automatically build the C lib if not found
>>
>> That sort of thing.
>>
>> I'm a bit of a CMake novice, but have been trying to get up to speed
>> lately. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>> Frank P.
>>