[cmake-developers] Android platform file

[Stephen Kelly]

Hello,

The resolution of 

 http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=14602

is that all projects which wish to build libraries for Android must create 
their own Platform/Android.cmake file.

The alternative is to ship such a file with cmake and to set 
CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME to Android, which correctly sets the 
CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG. 

I don't understand why the former was chosen. Why not the latter?

Thanks,

Steve.