CMake

A new patch version of CMake, the build tool used by KDE, Scribus and a number of other Qt 4 projects, has been released. Major changes include:

• Add parenthetical expressions to "if"
• Improve scoping of policies (see cmake_policy and CMP0011)
• Teach find_package more config file locations
• Many improved Find scripts in Modules
• Added an unset command
• Qt cmake-gui is the primary GUI for windows; CMakeSetup is deprecated
• Better reporting when nmake compiler environment is not correct
• lots of bug fixes

Downloads (source, Windows and Mac installers, some Linux and Unix binary tarballs) here.

Version 2.6.1 of CMake, the build tool used by KDE, Scribus and various other Qt-based projects, has been released. The changelog (bug fixes and minor new features) can be found here. Downloads (source, Mac and Windows installers, binary bundles for Linux and various Unix versions) here.

A new edition of the book Mastering CMake, the official guide to programming the CMake pre-make tool used by KDE 4, has been published. This version has been updated to cover version 2.4 of the tool; it also covers CPack, the package building tool which comes with CMake. The index does not specifically mention Qt (though it does mention qmake, the Qt pre-make tool) but there is a 49-page section on standard CMake modules. The book has to be ordered from the Kitware website (same link as above) at present, and shipping outside the USA may be expensive.

Version 2.4.7 of the open-source build tool, CMake, has been released. CMake is a replacement for the GNU Autotools and is used for KDE 4 and a number of Qt projects. The changelog (release candidate by release candidate) can be found (on the CMake mailing list) here; downloads (source, Windows and Mac packages, various Linux and Unix packages but not distro-specific) here. Installation instructions here.