[cmake-developers] find_package error wording

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Friday 17 February 2012, Brad King wrote:
> On 2/17/2012 1:28 PM, Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> >> We can adjust it slightly to avoid the policy warning when FooConfig
> >> 
> >> is found and Foo_DIR is set:
> >>    - search for FindFoo.cmake, use if found
> >>    - if not found, check new policy setting
> >>    - if not set, enter config mode and emit both the policy warning
> >>    
> >>      and the current error if not found
> >>    
> >>    - if set to OLD, enter config mode and use current error if not found
> >>    - if set to NEW, present error about no FindFoo in module path
> > 
> > Just to make sure I understand:
> > behave as described intially, but don't warn if the config file has been
> > found via Foo_DIR.
> > Right ?
> > Ok with me.
> 
> Yes.  That will avoid unnecessary policy warnings when things work.
> 
> Please push a proposed implementation to the stage for review.
> The documentation of the policy will have a lot of history to
> explain this.

Ok :-)

Should I do this by continuing in the FindPackage_ImprovedErrorMessages
branch or create a new branch, branched away from 
FindPackage_ImprovedErrorMessages ?

Alex