On Monday, August 15, 2011 05:31:26 PM Alexander Neundorf wrote: > 5) Required cmake version > -------------------------------- > > David noted that we (KDE) are very conservative with the required CMake > version, i.e. we still depend on CMake 2.6.4, which is more than a year > old. Me (Alex) noted that this is on purpose to keep the pain for > developers as small as possible (having to update Qt from time to time is > enough). > > Now, with the upstreaming efforts (see 1) ), Alex is currently pushing hard > to get everything we need into the next cmake release (2.8.6), but > possibly not everything will make this deadline. Unfortunately the cmake > 2.8.6 release cycle is shorter than the previous CMake release cycles > (since they were too long). > > All attendees agreed that it will be ok if the KDE frameworks branch will > require the latest released cmake version, until it has everything we need. > > This means, KDE frameworks will require CMake 2.8.6 more or less as soon > as CMake 2.8.6RC1 has been released. > > Later on, it may require 2.8.7 and 2.8.8. > > For kdelibs probably nothing will change. > > This is good news for me :-)
Sorry for the delayed reply ... I think the proposed plan makes sense (KDE frameworks branch will require the latest released cmake version), but the description of "released" is suprising to me. I don't think of an RC as being released. Could the plan be required when it's released and not RC, not quite released? Scott K
