[CMake] Re: a ./configure shell script stub

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Axel Roebel wrote:
> I move this thread back into the user mailing list, because this is not 
> promotion but interface design. Everybody would suffer if there are any 
> errors in the command line interface organization! 
>
> On Monday 29 May 2006 19:38, William A. Hoffman wrote:
>   
>   
>> Maybe something like:
>>
>> set_variable_property(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX COMMNAD_LINE_OPT "--prefix")
>>     
>
> I don't think a configurable behavior is needed here. It is my opinion that 
> there is no need for freedom for these things. It is more important to 
> create standards. It should be as easy to type and as standardized as 
> possible!
>   
I agree.  There's like, 5 hardwired commands that ./configure users see 
all the time, that we could have CMake understand.  That is easy.  
Forget about user-specified command line options, for now.  Having the 
command line interface be more reminiscent of ./configure is the "low 
hanging fruit" from a marketing standpoint.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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