[CMake] Multiple Package Generators and add_package command

[Orcun Gokbulut]

I'm trying to find out a way to generate multiple packages from a big
project. There are some patches and hack available but I'm not experienced
cmake user and I can not figure out how to use them.

IMHO, an add_package command can be usefull instead of configuring cpack
variables and including cpack module.



For example;

I have created a library and I want to distribute it. But there is two type
of distribution that I have to create. In the first distributions I include
libraries, sample programs, runtime executives and documentation. In the
other distribution, in addition to the components in the first distribution,
I also want to include source files.

So a script like;

add_package(LibraryDistro COMPONENTS/GROUPS/TARGETS LibA LibB Runtime
SampleA SampleB)

add_package(FullDistro COMPONENTS/GROUPS/TARGETS LibA LibB Runtime SampleA
SampleB SourceFiles)

#then we can use

set (LibraryDistro_PACKAGE_NAME "A Library")

set (LibraryDistro_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Me")



set (FullDistro_PACKAGE_NAME "A Library + Source")

set (FullDistro_PACKAGE_VENDOR "Me")



I think this can be very easy to use and maintain. This is just an sample
there can be other types of commands something like
 add_target_to_package, add_component_to_package or
add_component_group_to_package and etc with many different options.



 Multiple package generation can same time and effort when maintaining and
deploying multiple configurations of a big project.



Best regards,

Orçun
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