[cmake-developers] daemon-mode meeting last Tuesday

Ben Boeckel ben.boeckel at kitware.com
Thu Jun 23 16:48:14 EDT 2016


On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 16:46:48 -0400, Brad King wrote:
> On 06/23/2016 08:27 AM, Tobias Hunger wrote:
> >   * Some names could be improved. Suggestions welcome.
> 
> We'll cover these in more detail during review.  The most important name is
> the name of the feature, and IMO "daemon" is not an accurate description of
> it (it is never re-parented to 'init' and has a lifetime tied to the client).
> I think "server" would be better but am open to other suggestions.  Even if
> it later really becomes a daemon the name "server" will still be appropriate.
> 
> As you said before there has been a lot of PR with the name "daemon", but I
> don't think it is too late to change it.  Those interested in the features
> will see the new name when it appears in release notes and should easily be
> able to recognize it.

cmake-oracle sounds reasonable for what it's doing to me.

--Ben


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