[vtk-developers] New module system preview

David Thompson david.thompson at kitware.com
Mon Oct 29 13:57:02 EDT 2018


Hi Ben,

I'm really looking forward to imported targets!

>  - Instead of `module.cmake`, there are `vtk.module` and `vtk.kit`
>    files. These are basically CMake argument lists, but no variable
>    expansion is allowed. If there are optional dependencies, they must
>    be private dependencies. Optional public dependencies indicate that
>    a new module should be made instead.

Is there a reason these things need to be separate files (vtk.module/vtk.kit) at all?

	Thanks,
	David


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