On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Tobias Hunger <tobias.hun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Pfeifer <dan...@pfeifer-mail.de> > wrote: >>>> Currently cmake-gui supports switching generators, build trees, etc., so >>>> there is some precedent for such switching within a single process. If >>>> we have (re-)initialization bugs they should simply be fixed. >>> >>> So you opt for enabling the cmake-server to switch between different >>> build directories? >> >> Clients who need this feature could simply restart the server in the >> new directory. > > yes, that was what Stephen and me thought, too. I understood Brad to > imply that we should just do everything inside server-mode and fix any > fallout we run into instead.
I just opened cmake-gui and checked what exactly can be changed. There is no graphical option to change the generator (you can change the option sting in the cache, of course). When you change the binary directory, it reads the cache from that directory, with the effect that the source directory is changed too. To me, that feels like a hard reset/restart. To me it feels like the only reason why there is precedent for such switching within a single process, is that cmake-gui links against libcmake instead of using the cmake-server. I don't see any technical reason apart from that it hasn't been split into two processes yet. -- 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
