[cmake-developers] Preparing for 2.8.11-rc1

[Brad King]

On 03/04/2013 11:15 AM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> I have not tried again to implement a proof of concept of the list 
> handling after the discussion about it last week. This week I don't 
> think I can commit to it either, but I'm not overly concerned about it 
> after the discussion we had.

That discussion concluded by deciding to wait until after 2.8.11.

> It might make sense to put the unit test change from
> 
>   https://gitorious.org/~steveire/cmake/steveires-cmake/commit/96ec58003de583794fb7440fc4b3521f272a26d6
> 
> in, but then again, the behavior of code like that won't change until 
> the next release, and a policy will probably be needed anyway.

I think it will be better to leave it because then the test will
expose the change in behavior and can be used to cover the policy.

> I don't have other new tests or features aimed for 2.8.11. It would be 
> nice to 'fix' cmGeneratorExpression::Split handling of escaped 
> semicolons and square brackets, but I don't think I'll have time to do 
> that, and I think it can wait until the following release anyway.

Agreed.

> So, I think it's mature enough for release now, yes.

Great, thanks.

-Brad