[cmake-developers] daemon-mode meeting last Tuesday

[Tobias Hunger]

Hi Daniel,

On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 5:08 PM, Daniel Pfeifer <daniel at pfeifer-mail.de> wrote:
>>> Currently cmake-gui supports switching generators, build trees, etc., so
>>> there is some precedent for such switching within a single process.  If
>>> we have (re-)initialization bugs they should simply be fixed.
>>
>> So you opt for enabling the cmake-server to switch between different
>> build directories?
>
> Clients who need this feature could simply restart the server in the
> new directory.

yes, that was what Stephen and me thought, too. I understood Brad to
imply that we should just do everything inside server-mode and fix any
fallout we run into instead.

That is why I wanted to have this clarified, as this does cause quite
a few changes in the implementation.

Best Regards,
Tobias