Dependencies

• The C++ dependencies are directly downloaded by CMake with FetchContent_Declare and FetchContent_MakeAvailable

• All required C++ dependencies are listed in dependencies.cmake in the root of the GitHub repository, which contains the following:

Note

Early versions of this project used conan package manager package manager for downloading and managing C++ dependencies. However, we removed conan package manager from the project in pull request 528.

Library Selection Criteria

In general we try to keep the number of dependencies at a minimum. If we really need a new library, it should be selected based on the following considerations:

• Are you sure we need this library? Can’t we solve the problem with C++ standard library or some other library we are already using?

• The library must have an open source license which is accepted by us (see Licenses).

• It must be in active development.

• It must have a good documentation.

• A sufficient number of participants must have contributed so we can be sure it is reviewed.