kde4_add_plugin on KF5

[Stephen Kelly]

David Faure wrote:

> On Thursday 19 September 2013 19:39:54 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
>> But I think Stephens plan is to get rid of those macros and use plain
>> cmake instead, i.e. add_library(... MODULE ...), as with add_executable()
>> and add_library().
> 
> I've always been surprised that cmake doesn't remove the "lib" prefix when
> using MODULE. 

Note that Qt plugins also start with 'lib'. Was a broader survey ever done?

> Starting plugins with "lib" encourages people to confuse
> libs and plugins, and to link to plugins -- which is a huge "no no", with
> portability in mind.
> 
> The ideal solution IMHO would have been MODULE removing the prefix, but I
> guess it's too late for that.
> So the second best solution IMHO would be a add_library( ... PLUGIN ...)
> or add_plugin(), in cmake itself.

Just FYI, we recently discussed the issue of plugins, but with a different 
particular focus:

 http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.devel/7970

Thanks,

Steve.