[cmake-developers] Merging release branch into master

[Stephen Kelly]

Hi,

When the try_compile source-file signature is used, it generates a 
cmake_minimum_required line with the version of cmake run by the user (not 
the minimum used by the project being built).

This affects policies, and could have an effect on the generated 
CMakeLists.txt file. Anyone using CMake master or next branch (eg the 
dashboards and build.kde.org) does not currently get the version bump until 
the final release is made, so any potential breakage resulting from this 
issue would not be noticed until the final release is made.

The obvious way to me to resolve that is to merge release into master when 
the RC cycle starts. Any reason not to?

Thanks,

Steve.