[FFmpeg-devel] Re: Consider using CMake.

[Timo Rothenpieler via ffmpeg-devel <ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org>]

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On 24.01.2026 03:57, swurl via ffmpeg-devel wrote:
> "MSVC works fine! Just go to MSYS2 first"
> 
> That isn't "working", that's a horrible workaround. Not to mention this 
> is a nightmare to script or run in a CI environment.
> 
> Again, *I have tried this and it isn't good.* It's very prone to 
> breaking and pretty much impossible to make any meaningful changes. Not 
> to mention it almost never works

It works perfectly fine for me.

>  > Porting everything to any other build system without causing an 
> endless slew of regressions and dropping support for a ton of targets is 
> virtually impossible.
> 
> Call me crazy but I don't think FFmpeg needs to support somebody's 2003 
> toaster running a 200 MHz POWER4. Everything else is trivial to keep 
> support for, because *CMake literally runs everywhere.* See https:// 
> cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME.html.

Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean other people also don't.


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