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

[Scott, W Alan]

Dan,
OK, now we are saying that we have two locations that we document what versions of packages we use.  There are actually three, if you include inside the superbuild itself.  I strongly feel that there should be one location that everyone can go to when they want to know what version of packages are to be used.  Currently, these two locations are:

http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#Prerequisites
and
http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView_Binaries

Alan
p.s. – not trying to shoot the messenger here – thanks for the reply.  My point is just that we should document the version of what builds with ParaView one place, having gone through weeks of hell building cgns.



From: Dan Lipsa [mailto:dan.lipsa at kitware.com]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 8:57 PM
To: Scott, W Alan
Cc: David E DeMarle; Marcus D. Hanwell; paraview-developers at paraview.org
Subject: Re: [Paraview-developers] [EXTERNAL] Re: CMake Version

http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView:Build_And_Install#Prerequisites

has the correct minimum version required for cmake 2.8.8.

Dan


On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov<mailto:wascott at sandia.gov>> wrote:
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<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<mailto: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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