On So, 2016-07-03 at 12:33 +0200, Stephen Kelly wrote: > Tobias Hunger wrote: > > > Either we should have multiConfig return a list of configuration names > > that will be generated or I do not see any need to have the information in > > the first place. > > I think when using qmake with QtCreator, the user can choose the > configuration at build time by selecting it from the left-side menu.
I do not understand what you are getting at. That widget already works for cmake projects in Qt Creator: It switches between different build directories with different configurations. > Such a feature would also work with cmake projects if the user chooses to > use the XCode generator on mac or VS generator on Windows (or if someday we > have a multi-config Ninja generator or so). How is a multi-config ninja generator better than just having to build directories next to each other, each with one configuration? You might save a bit of disk space (probably not a lot). Will you save a significant amount of processing time? The one benefit I can think of is switching between configurations will probably be a lot faster. But that is nothing that is done so often that it warrants optimizing for IMHO. > However, I don't think that is an immediate goal, and that information can > be added later easily if a client does need it. I still think the information "this generator can handle multiple configurations in one build directory" is useless to all clients I can think of. Either the clients do not care or they need to know which configurations those are going to be. Best Regards, Tobias -- Tobias Hunger, Senior Software Engineer | The Qt Company The Qt Company GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 13, D-12489 Berlin Geschäftsführer: Mika Pälsi, Juha Varelius, Mika Harjuaho. Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin, Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 144331 B -- 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
