On 10. Aug, 2010, at 15:15 , Olaf van der Spek wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 5:59 PM, David Cole <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here are the facts, as I see them: >> - It would be possible to add automatic opt-in (not enabled by default) >> library name decoration rules to CMake >> >> - If the CMake team were to implement such a feature: >> -- it would save Olaf from having to do it himself >> -- it would take the CMake team a boat-load of time and money and effort to >> implement the feature > > I assumed it would be a fairly trivial thing. > Why would it cost so much time/money? > > Olaf
Even if it isn't too complicated, it's expensive. Say, you allocate one person for 3 days to do the implementation plus testing and assume the hour to cost on the order of $125 (many Kitware people having a PhD, adding costs to run the company etc...) you're at $3000. But many here think that such a feature would be quite complicated to implement and would require long discussions on how to do it exactly (e.g. what should the API look like?), so you're probably closer to 2-3 weeks (or even more), boosting the price to $10000 or $15000, respectively. Do you have that kind of money for such a small feature, or wouldn't it be preferable to spend the few hours to do it the way I proposed earlier? Michael _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
