[Paraview-developers] Changing minimum required CMake version to 3.5.1.

[David E DeMarle]

The platform module for IBM BGQ appeared in 3.something and Cray
integration is drastically improved recently. Those will streamline the HPC
parts of the ParaViewSuperbuild project.


David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909

On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Utkarsh Ayachit <
utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com> wrote:

> > "cmake scripts cleaner and more maintainable"?
>
> A few examples:
> 1. we need to start using interface libraries to cleanup our module
> infrastructure. That depends on newer Cmake. Having code for older and
> newer versions of Cmake will make that cumbersome, if not impossible.
> 2. FindQt4 was updated in 3.2 and provides a more consistent interface
> with FindQt5.
> 3. Kits -- the nice to avoid shared library bloat by combing modules
> into kits -- requires newer CMake version. I want to enable that by
> default in ParaView, but can't until we assume a never version.
>
> I am sure there are others that Ben and others can elaborate on.
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