[cmake-developers] [CMake 0014402]: Replace "Visual Studio 11" by Visual Studio 2012" in cmake-gui

Mantis Bug Tracker mantis at public.kitware.com
Thu Sep 12 17:25:16 EDT 2013


The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=14402 
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Reported By:                Cedric Perthuis
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   14402
Category:                   CMake
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2013-09-12 17:25 EDT
Last Modified:              2013-09-12 17:25 EDT
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Summary:                    Replace "Visual Studio 11" by Visual Studio 2012" in
cmake-gui
Description: 
The current naming convention in cmake-gui and probably everywhere is too
confusing for users.

It took me a long time to figure out why I couldn't get the "Visual Studio 12"
config working... I hadn't installed VS 2013 preview on my machine, and intended
to build a project for VS 2012.

There must have been some debate about this already. When showing a name in a
GUI, it's probably best to use the commercial name and the name everyone refers
too.

Alternatively, an ok middle ground solution would be to call it 
Visual Studio 2012 (VS11).
it took me half an hour of internet searches to find someone pointed out that
the names were confusing and that Visual Studio 11 was what I wanted.

Thanks!



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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2013-09-12 17:25 Cedric PerthuisNew Issue                                    
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