[CMake] Re: CMake Digest, Vol 43, Issue 105

[Hendrik Sattler]

Am Donnerstag 29 November 2007 schrieb Félix C. Morency:
> What I'm talking about is I think it would be a good idea to have one (and
> only one) installer generator that supports multiple platforms in order to:
>
> 1) Support only one installation program
> 2) Use the same installation syntax for every platform within CMake
>
> Although using native system installer isn't a bad idea, it could be nice
> to support cross-platform installers. Anyway, I found this idea on the
> CMake bug/feature tracker. It is not from me.

Installers for systems that use other installation philosophies is actually a 
bad idea. For Linux, the right choice is .rpm and .deb and supporting the 
already present Windows installer (by providing a .msi) seems more logical 
that reinventing the wheel every time (and the software list in the Windows 
control center is missing some information for those like the installed 
size).

HS