[cmake-developers] Support for version suffixes

[Roger Leigh]

Hi folks,

I'd like to bring this issue to your attention to canvas some feedback 
regarding the use of version suffixes:

   https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16716

This is basically a proposal to allow an optional version suffix like 
"-rc3", "-beta1" etc. in addition to the existing 
major.minor.patch.tweak pattern, for better interoperability with 
systems and software releases already using such suffixes, and also to 
permit the use of such suffixes by CMake projects for their own 
purposes.  A version suffix would be usable anywhere currently using 4 
digit versions, with all the necessary functionality in CMake being 
updated to handle this.

The proposal linked above contains a much more detailed rationale and 
suggested implementation strategy.  I'd be very happy to hear any 
thoughts anyone has regarding this either on the above issue, or here.


Thanks all,
Roger