[CMake] CMakeModules repository at GitHub?

Mateusz Loskot mateusz at loskot.net
Fri Mar 29 15:53:21 EDT 2013


On 29 March 2013 18:31, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com> wrote:
> On 3/29/2013 11:27 AM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:
>>
>> Great, I'm all for that, but let's set up "no new find modules added
>> to CMake repo"
>> once for all, and force this approach.
>> Otherwise, reality will continue to diverge from the plans.
>
> If you read carefully,, that is not exactly what we want to do or even what
> Dave is proposing.

Yes, I do read it carefully and I understand what is proposed.
I just made a suggestion of slightly different approach

>  The process should be:
>
> 1. try to upstream cmake config files to the project you are using
> 2. if there is not already a cmake module and you need to find a version of
> the software that does not or never will have upstream config files, then
> contribute that to CMake.
>
> We don't want a no-new module ban.  We just want to change the process a
> bit.  If a module is needed, useful, and general, it should go in CMake.

What if there are multiple CMake modules for the same project, all different
and none offering complete coverage of features?

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


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