[cmake-developers] Need more information concerning the Trilinos test of CMake

[Brad King]

On 10/13/2017 12:08 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Accordingly Bill Hoffman suggested to me off-list
> some time ago that I configure a CMake dashboard submission that
> builds the master HEAD CMake version and tests it with a build and
> test of PLplot similarly to what is done for Trilinos.
> 
> Could someone here please confirm that code is a good model for
> what I should set up in the PLplot case?

Yes, that makes sense.  It will help catch regressions in PLplot early.
The first step is to get a normal CMake nightly build working.
See instructions here:

  https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/blob/master/Help/dev/testing.rst

Once that is working we can look at adding a PLplot build as a
contract test.  It will work as a "normal" CMake test that is
enabled by local configuration of the build.  The test itself
will drive a PLplot build internally.

Thanks,
-Brad