[Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: CMake Version

[Scott, W Alan]

I am hearing that it makes sense to leave current minimum cmake version for VTK.  That is OK with me.  It is also always good to know that you can always use latest/ greatest Cmake.  But, that isn’t true for all packages (and I believe latest Cmake has been incompatible in the past).  Let’s update the ParaView wiki to show what Cmake version is used for the builds?  Surprisingly, upgrading Cmake versions isn’t trivial for some of us that build somewhere around a dozen platforms, and I don’t like having to guess what version to use...

Thanks all!

Alan


From: Paraview-developers [mailto:paraview-developers-bounces at paraview.org] On Behalf Of David E DeMarle
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 8:53 AM
To: Marcus D. Hanwell
Cc: paraview-developers at paraview.org
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [Paraview-developers] CMake Version

If there isn't a compelling reason I think we should remain
conservative, and it sounds like there is not in this case (especially
for a dependency that is pretty optional for many of our users).

Agreed. One factor in the minimum required decision is what the popular Linux distros have readily on hand.

You
can generally always use the latest CMake if you choose, but making
that the minimum makes it harder for others to compile and use our
code (often using the packaged CMake).

Agreed again. The "faraway" submission in the dependencies track of the vtk dashboard exists to verity that CMake master works for VTK. Unfortunately it didn't submit today so someone needs to shove it.

Marcus

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