[cmake-developers] Bug fix requests for the *next* release of CMake...

[David Partyka]

When using external_project, if GIT_TAG is modified the entire source tree
is removed and re-cloned causing a full rebuild of said project.

http://cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=11403

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:56 PM, David Cole <david.cole at kitware.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Now that we have released CMake 2.8.4, *now* would be a great time to
> prioritize bug fixes for the next release of CMake.
>
> Replies requested. Read on. *Just a short reply with bug numbers* or links
> to the bugs is all we need here. Please move specific discussions into
> the bugs themselves or start a new thread to talk about it... Replies on
> this thread should just be a collector for bug numbers.
>
> We are aiming for quarterly releases from now on, scheduling them every 3
> or 4 months. That would make the next release of CMake version 2.8.5, scheduled
> to have an "rc1" release candidate on Wed. April 27, 2011.
>
> If you have a particular issue that you think should be fixed for inclusion
> in 2.8.5, please bring it up by the end of this week. Ideally, each issue
> will be discussed as needed on the mailing list to come to any consensus
> about what should be done to fix it, and then an entry in the bug tracker
> may be used to keep it on the radar screen, and to track activity related to
> it.
>
> Patches are always welcome. Patches that include testing of any new
> features, or tests that prove a bug is really fixed on the dashboards,
> basically any patch with testing is preferred over a patch with no testing.
> Also, if you are *adding* code, then you also probably need to add *tests*
> of that code, so that the coverage percentage stays as is or rises.
>
> Please discuss issues here as needed, and add notes to existing issues in
> the bug tracker that you are interested in seeing fixed for 2.8.5 -- we
> will be looking at the mailing list and activity in the bug tracker to help
> prioritize the bug fixes that will occur over the next 4 weeks.
>
>
> Thanks,
> David Cole
> Kitware, Inc.
>
>
> P.S. - as a nice summary of what we accomplished in the CMake 2.8.4
> release, see here: http://public.kitware.com/Bug/changelog_page.php
> -- it currently lists 127 issues that we resolved: nice job, everybody!
>
> (Many of those were specifically addressed because somebody brought it up
> in response to my similar email from just after 2.8.3... Don't be shy!)
>
>
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