[omniORB] cmake-based build process for omniorb?

[Kruegler Daniel]

Hi!

Currently the build-process of omniorb is strongly dependent on the actual platform used (e.g. Windows vs. Linux). In our company we need to build omniorb manually for multiple platforms via C++, because

- we need to create binaries for compilers where omniorb has currently not provided Visual-Studio-Solutions for
- we need to inject our own compiler settings to prevent possible ODR violations

Currently any update of the build results (e.g. when upgrading to a newer OmniOrb version) is complicated and actually requires a manual process on one specific in-house computer instead of doing that via a reproducible, automated build process (especially on Windows the build process is complicated).

For other third-party tools that we use in-house we have taken advantage of cmake to configure the build process uniformly and as much automatically as possible. Unfortunately such a cmake configuration does not exist for omniorb yet, to the best of my knowledge. I would like to ask, whether

a) there are currently thoughts to switch to such a cmake build for OmniOrb?
b) whether anyone has tried to define such a cmake-build for Omniorb and whether this person would be willing to share his/her experience with the list registrees?

Thanks very much,

- Daniel Krügler



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