Re: [cmake-developers] Support for version suffixes

2017-03-28 Thread Brad King
On 03/27/2017 05:03 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: > I'd like to bring this issue to your attention to canvas some feedback > regarding the use of version suffixes: > >https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16716 > > The proposal linked above contains a much more detailed rationale and >

Re: [cmake-developers] Support for version suffixes

2017-03-28 Thread Brad King
On 03/28/2017 04:07 AM, Jean-Michaël Celerier wrote: > I remember asking for the same thing a few weeks ago on IRC because of > a small behaviour change in cmake 3.8.0 rc2 that I wanted to put behind > an if(version_less). For reference, this was also proposed in issue 16656 [1]. The problem is

Re: [cmake-developers] Support for version suffixes

2017-03-28 Thread Daniel Pfeifer
On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to bring this issue to your attention to canvas some feedback > regarding the use of version suffixes: > > https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16716 > > This is basically a proposal to

Re: [cmake-developers] Support for version suffixes

2017-03-28 Thread Jean-Michaël Celerier
I remember asking for the same thing a few weeks ago on IRC because of a small behaviour change in cmake 3.8.0 rc2 that I wanted to put behind an if(version_less). Alphanumeric ordering would certainly work for most projects : alpha < beta < rc. (I generally use a0, a1, a2... b0, b1, b2...) Best