[CMake] [proposal] Support for modern CMake

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Thu Mar 22 12:16:38 EDT 2018


On 22 March 2018 at 16:51, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:
> On 03/22/2018 10:17 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>> It seems folks generally agree there is need for porcelain API.
>> It's a pity it's been 5+ years and it is still waiting for implementation.
>
> [...]
> The main driving factor was compatibility with existing projects
> using `target_link_libraries` at the time.

I could have an argument to that...

> In the end it was decided that the extra command would be redundant and
> we proceeded with `tll()` only.  I'd prefer not to have this debated
> endlessly again.

...but I won't and I'll shut up then.

Thank you for chiming in with the extra details.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net


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