With respect to fixing 10718, *if* we fix it (and that's a big *if* because it's a sweeping change in behavior with largely unpredictable real world consequences), I suggest that we:<div>- have both loops in CMake,</div>
<div>- and that the default behavior remains the same as it is now,</div><div>- and that we activate the new behavior by adding new keyword arguments: perhaps NAMES_FIRST and PATHS_FIRST<br><br></div><div>That way, stuff stays the same as it is now unless a "finder" activates it explicitly in *new* CMake code.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I'm going to add this as a note to 10718, and a pointer to this whole thread if there's not already one there.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>David Cole</div><div><br>
</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Michael Wild <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:themiwi@gmail.com">themiwi@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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On 22. Jul, 2010, at 10:17 , Marcel Loose wrote:<br>
[...]<br>
<div class="im">><br>
> Hi Michael and others,<br>
><br>
> I mostly agree with what your saying. However, IMHO, you refer to a<br>
> "perfect world" situation, where all Find modules properly use VERSION<br>
> to specify a version number and do not abuse NAMES for that.<br>
><br>
> I know that the current discussion focuses on FindPython; hence the<br>
> subject ;-). However, in the "real world" quite a number of other Find<br>
> scripts are shipped as part of the CMake distribution that don't follow<br>
> this "perfect" scheme either.<br>
><br>
> So the real question should be, I guess: Should CMake be fixed by<br>
> swapping the paths and names loops in the FindXXX() functions (issue<br>
> 10718)? Or should all abusing Find scripts be fixed?<br>
><br>
> Best regards,<br>
> Marcel Loose.<br>
<br>
</div>My question is more fundamental:<br>
<br>
How do I find the most recent version? Because that is why NAMES is being "abused" in the first place.<br>
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Michael<br>
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