[Dune] [#1000] Evaluate build system migration from autotools to CMake

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FS#1000 - Evaluate build system migration from autotools to CMake
User who did this - Markus Blatt (mblatt)

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IDE's: Have not tested this, but nothing special has to be done on our side. CMake uses a generator (default on Linux is the one for makefiles). So you just switch the generator when calling cmake, e.g. "cmake -G "KDevelop3" ../dune-common" for KDevelop3.

As Sascha already pointed out, one can do DUNE meta projects that include other dune-modules and 3rdParty Software. The dependencies can be automatically downloaded/checkout, configured and built. (Seems especially helpful for courses and lectures and is very user friendly).

Other points:
- We can untilize their test infrastructure for automated, continuous, or distributed user testing and set up a dashboard that displays the results. This will relieve us from the  pain of maintaing our own automated test software.
- More platform independance.
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