[vtk-developers] Re: VTKConfig.cmake new values

[Brad King]

Brad King wrote:
> David Gobbi wrote:
>> I added two new values to VTKConfig.cmake last week 
>> (VTK_EXECUTABLE_DIRS, VTK_RUNTIME_PATH_VAR_NAME, VTK_PYTHON_DIRS) and 
>> thought that I should get in touch with you and Kitware to make sure 
>> that these additions make sense.
> [snip]
>> The name VTK_RUNTIME_DIRS is confusing too: it should have been named 
>> VTK_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS to make it obvious that it is meant for 
>> libraries, since "runtime" is a vague term.  Is it too late to change 
>> that one?
> 
> It was added just before the VTK 5.0 branch was made (or shortly after 
> and was merged).  I'm not attached to the original name.  I'll look into 
> changing it in a somewhat compatible way.

I've changed the name of VTK_RUNTIME_DIRS to VTK_RUNTIME_LIBRARY_DIRS 
and I'll have the change merged to the VTK 5.0 branch.  The old name is 
still provided and documented as there for compatibility.  Please update 
your projects that use this to use the new name.

-Brad