[cmake-developers] Make it easier for beginners

[Wesley Smith]

I agree that if you do a search for how to setup a project with cmake, it's
hard to know what's best practice.  As cmake has evolved, the best practice
has changed and many old style techniques still return toward the top of
search results.  For me, the best resources have been:

http://preshing.com/20170522/learn-cmakes-scripting-language-in-15-minutes/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXLMQ6WgIk

I still don't understand the scoped syntax in Daniel Pfeifer's talk (e.g.
boost::boost).  And CPack was really opaque to me until I bought the cmake
book.  I wish there were better tutorials on CPack and on how to write
cmake scripts that play well as dependencies on other projects using cmake.

wes


On Sun, Oct 22, 2017 at 12:08 PM, Bill Hoffman <bill.hoffman at kitware.com>
wrote:

> On 10/21/2017 10:56 AM, Lectem wrote:
>
>> _Question :_ Would it possible to delete the wiki, or reset/reopen it ?
>>
>> _Reason:_ The wiki is full of old stuff, but we can't register to edit
>> stuff. Still, people willing to learn will end up visiting it, thinking it
>> gives good advice. "How could it not ? It's the official wiki". At the very
>> least I wish we could add a big red message stating it is outdated and not
>> updated anymore.
>>
>> The wiki is still open.  If people want to edit they have to send an
> email and let us know what they want to do.  It was too hard to keep the
> spam off of it otherwise.  So, send me an email off list and I can get you
> setup with a wiki account.
>
> -Bill
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