[cmake-developers] CTest script and many subprojects

[Wouter Klouwen]

Hi Zack,

On 04/09/17 15:13, Zack Galbreath wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 7:50 AM, Wouter Klouwen
> <wouter.klouwen at youview.com <mailto:wouter.klouwen at youview.com>> wrote:
>     I think if I want it to work in the most optimal way where ctest can
>     schedule all tests in the mega project for all sub projects in
>     accordance with its load balancing, the SubProject attribute would have
>     to become a property of the test, instead of being a global property.
>
> We've developed a feature that essentially does just this.  It's already
> implemented in CMake & CDash master, and will be included in the
> upcoming releases of CMake and CTest. Here's some documentation
> <https://cmake.org/cmake/help/git-master/release/dev/labels_for_subprojects.html>.

We already label our tests with the "sub"project name, so it seems this
is perfect for our workflow.

I'll look forward to the next release.

Thanks!
     W
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