After more than 30 years, why is there is no standardized package manager for c/c++ projects to avoid build systems hell.

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    Review removed content on reddit. Uses the Pushshift API, built on code from removeddit.

    • You can use https://www.reveddit.com to view the removed comment and understand why I removed it. (I won't provide a direct link.)

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    Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager

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  • premake-core

    Premake

    • Premake honestly doesn't suck, and is so extendable that you can add vcpkg support to it and finally forget about CMake.

  • conan-center-index

    Recipes for the ConanCenter repository

    • It seems that you haven't following up. ConanCenter now has 1400 packages, a bit less than vcpkg, but it got like 9000 PullRequests from the community in last 2 years: https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index/pulls.

  • opencv-rust

    Rust bindings for OpenCV 3 & 4

    • For example, this is the build script of the opencv bindings: https://github.com/twistedfall/opencv-rust/blob/master/build.rs

  • xmake

    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

    • Maybe you missed xmake, it will be just what you need. https://github.com/xmake-io/xmake

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