On Tuesday, August 26, 2014 10:41:04 Nils Gladitz wrote: > Are there any official recommendations or opinions on how verbose a find > module (or package configuration file) should be on success? > > - Find modules using FindPackageHandleStandardArgs report success once. > > - FindBoost.cmake reports success every time. > > - Qt5 package configuration files (and find_package() in CONFIG mode > specifically) keep quiet on success.
I think the recommendation is to report when it fails, and whenever something changes in the successful result, i.e. on the first success and potentially if on a later run some additionaly module or something has been found. IOW what FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake does. Alex -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers
