[CMake] Re: a ./configure shell script stub
Brandon J. Van Every
bvanevery at gmail.com
Mon May 29 23:01:11 EDT 2006
Axel Roebel wrote:
> I move this thread back into the user mailing list, because this is not
> promotion but interface design. Everybody would suffer if there are any
> errors in the command line interface organization!
>
> On Monday 29 May 2006 19:38, William A. Hoffman wrote:
>
>
>> Maybe something like:
>>
>> set_variable_property(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX COMMNAD_LINE_OPT "--prefix")
>>
>
> I don't think a configurable behavior is needed here. It is my opinion that
> there is no need for freedom for these things. It is more important to
> create standards. It should be as easy to type and as standardized as
> possible!
>
I agree. There's like, 5 hardwired commands that ./configure users see
all the time, that we could have CMake understand. That is easy.
Forget about user-specified command line options, for now. Having the
command line interface be more reminiscent of ./configure is the "low
hanging fruit" from a marketing standpoint.
Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
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