[Paraview-developers] Moving to hdf5-1.8.x

[Dave Partyka]

Just thinking out loud, but we could make building HDF5 an
"external_project" call instead. This will download/update, configure, build
and install hdf5 and then in ParaView we can just FindPackage(HDF5) and give
our internal build tree as a hint. We would leave the USE_SYSTEM_HDF5 logic
in place and if it is OFF then external_project will be called.

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Biddiscombe, John A. <biddisco at cscs.ch>wrote:

> I have been rethinking my strategy.
>
> Since hdf5 is now cmakeified (or will be released with it soon), I don't
> see any point in having it inside paraview. All that is required is that
> people use FindHDF5 to pick it up. If it's there, use it, if not, don't. I'm
> not happy making a nice cmakeified hdf5 that builds inside another project
> and obeys all the install rules etc and other wrinkles.
>
> People wanting hdf5-1.8.x can simply install it (using cmake if they want)
> and use it with the current paraview.
>
> Why was it included inside PV in the first place. I don't really believe it
> needs to be there.
>
> Thoughts ?
>
> JB
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