[pfultz2]

> Too many C++ tools couple package management and build

Conan does this too. If I follow the instructions to integrate cmake with conan, I would write something like this:

    include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conanbuildinfo.cmake)
    conan_basic_setup(TARGETS)

    add_executable(timer timer.cpp)
    target_link_libraries(timer CONAN_PKG::Poco)

Which now couples my build with conan. If the user would like to pull down the dependencies without conan(ie using apt-get or manually installing them), the cmake build script will not work.

Package managers like cget[1] or conda[2] does not couple the build with the package manager. Cget is also serverless which is nice as it can install dependencies from anywhere(even directly from github with `cget install jgm/cmark`), however, you need to setup your own server hosting if you want to install binaries.

[1]:http://cget.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

[2]:https://conda.io/docs/intro.html

[slezyr]

> Which now couples my build with conan. If the user would like to pull down the dependencies without conan(ie using apt-get or manually installing them), the cmake build script will not work.

http://docs.conan.io/en/latest/integrations/cmake/find_packa...