[cmake-developers] New module introduction

[Tim Gallagher]

Hi,

I've been on the users mailing list a few different times to submit patches for the FindBLAS and FindLAPACK modules and we found some more bugs with them. It was known awhile ago that they don't work for the new Intel MKL naming conventions (http://www.mail-archive.com/cmake@cmake.org/msg38606.html). We finally hit the point where we had to fix it.

So, in order to do this correctly, there is an additional module that interfaces with a tool provided by Intel to generate the information needed to link. We've written this module and are polishing it now. We've also modified FindBLAS and FindLAPACK to use the new module and also fixed a few smaller bugs during this process. 

I would like to sign up as a module maintainer for this new module (and get push access to put it in the repository). I've done all the steps on the wiki for doing this except introducing the module (which is what I'm doing now!) and applying for git access (which I will do when I find out this email was what 'introduce the module' meant). If I need to send out the new module first for review or something, let me know and we'll do it as soon as it's finished. 

Thanks,

Tim