Updating CMake requirement to 2.8.12 RC 1

[Giorgos Tsiapaliokas]

Hello

On 20 August 2013 23:47, Alexander Neundorf <neundorf at kde.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I actually don't have to say that, since it should be obvious to everybody
> here, I also object to requiring non-final versions of cmake, it just makes
> life harder for everybody trying to contribute.
>

 +1

On 21 August 2013 09:40, Kevin Ottens <ervin+bluesystems at kde.org> wrote:
>
> The crux of the issue is:
> Is there anyone building kdelibs-frameworks and/or plasma-framework without
> using the kdesrc-build based procedure described on the wiki?
> http://community.kde.org/Frameworks/Building
>
> Because the proposed setup pulls cmake master anyway.


because we use kdesrc-build, this doesn't mean that all of us compile cmake
from sources.

Also right now people can make a choice. Either to use an unreleased
version of cmake
and give feedback to the upstream if they find a bug or to use a released
version of cmake.
Why is it a good idea to take away from people the ability to choose?


> I think that he meant getting a wider tester base,
>

In KDE4, only released versions of the cmake are required and cmake is
working.
Why does this have to change in KF5?

On 20 August 2013 23:33, Stephen Kelly <steveire at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> CMake 2.8.12 RC 1 was released a few hours ago:
>
>  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.user/47443
>
> Updating to that will allow us to get on the home straight with regard to
> our buildsystem files.
>
> For example, we can easily set the INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES of the
> targets we export. We can do that with a simple patch to
> INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS in ecm:


why we can't just wait until cmake 2.8.12 will be released? Until now we
didn't have
those features, why is it so urgent to use them right now? If we wait until
cmake 2.8.12
will be released those new features will be added to KF5 and nobody will be
*forced* to
use an unreleased version of cmake.

-- 
Giorgos Tsiapaliokas (terietor)

terietor.org
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