On Thursday 09 June 2011, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2011, Allen Winter wrote: > > On Thursday 09 June 2011 3:48:12 AM Alexander Neundorf wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > a big topic on the buildsystem side in the Randa sprint was how to get > > > our cmake modules more upstream, so they can be used also in non-KDE > > > modules. > > > > > > So either get them directly into cmake or create a separate package > > > with no dependencies on Qt or KDE or anything beside CMake. > > > > > > For most of our Find-modules it makes more sense to put them into such > > > a separate package, since getting them into cmake comes with a cost > > > (having to require the newer version of cmake, finding maintainers for > > > each module in cmake). > > > > > > Raphael has put together a table with an overview over what we have in > > > kdelibs/cmake/modules/: > > > http://community.kde.org/KDE_Core/Platform_11/Buildsystem/FindFilesSurv > > > ey > > > > Would Frederik's desire for a better FindPerl be a candidate for this? > > Probably so. > > Don't know. > Most of the Find-modules from kdelibs will move there. > > > I'm for it. > > > > > So, two questions: > > > > > > -who want to be involved ? > > > (beside me and I guess Raphael) > > > > I could give a hand occasionally. > > Cool :-) > > > "Build it and they will come" > > > > > -we need a name for it. There are already two "cmake-modules" projects, > > > one on google-code (basically dead), and one on github (author did not > > > respond yet). I'd suggest "extra cmake modules", so it's not a third > > > "cmake modules", it doesn't look like it might have a dependency to Qt > > > or KDE, and as prefix for macros provided by this package "ecm_" could > > > be used. Other ideas ? > > > > Host it on projects.kde.org maybe? (like a kdesupport project)? > > Yes.
So, how should we call it ? "extra-cmake-modules" ? (should be easier to read then "extracmakemodules") Alex _______________________________________________ Kde-buildsystem mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-buildsystem
