[vtk-developers] VTK ExternalData default object store
Bill Lorensen
bill.lorensen at gmail.com
Tue May 21 11:30:23 EDT 2013
The ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES option is not VTK specific.
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Brad King <brad.king at kitware.com> wrote:
> On 05/21/2013 11:25 AM, Robert Maynard wrote:
> > If we do move to some CMake variable, I believe that the name
> > ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES is a bad choice as it doesn't express what
> > project or purpose it has unless you are already understand CMake
> > packages and how VTK stores testing data.
> >
> > I purpose a name similar to: VTK_TESTING_DATA_STORAGE which is clear
> > to all people on what the intended purpose is.
>
> The ExternalData_OBJECT_STORES option comes from the CMake ExternalData
> module. It is not specific to any one project like VTK. The content
> stored in the named location(s) is content-addressed and therefore can
> never have conflicts across projects. It can even share copies of
> identical data used by multiple projects.
>
> -Brad
>
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