I've finally managed to set up a build environment from scratch on Windows 7 with Visual Studio 2017 (using the toolset v140). I wasn't using pre-build packs of dependent libraries (some of the links in this post seem to be dead), so the task turned out to be a pain in the neck quite burdensome... so I'm thinking about a way how to automate this initial step.
One of the options is to use a tool to automatically download (and optionally build) required libraries. Since the application already uses CMake-scripts, the good candidate to ease the automation is Hunter. I believe, this tool can also fetch dependencies for other platforms...
Is it worth investing time in such a task?
Theoretically when properly implemented the automated dependencies fetching can make it easy for new developers to join the project.
One of the options is to use a tool to automatically download (and optionally build) required libraries. Since the application already uses CMake-scripts, the good candidate to ease the automation is Hunter. I believe, this tool can also fetch dependencies for other platforms...
Is it worth investing time in such a task?
Theoretically when properly implemented the automated dependencies fetching can make it easy for new developers to join the project.