CMake Pursuing Tighter Integration With Package Managers, Other Improvements (www.phoronix.com)
from cm0002@lemy.lol to programming@programming.dev on 13 Apr 01:45
https://lemy.lol/post/63997558

While the Meson build system has been capturing much of the limelight in recent years by open-source projects, the cross-platform CMake build system also shows no signs of slowing down and continues evolving with new features and functionality.

Since the CMake 4.0 release last year it has continued to iterate and last month released CMake 4.3 that brought the rather interesting import/export support using the Common Package Specification. The Common Package Specification (CPS) is a JSON-based format also being worked on by the CMake developers at Kitware for offering greater interoperability with other projects from package managers to handling software dependency descriptions for C/C++. Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation is also another experimental feature of the new CMake 4.3.

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