[CMake] setting a default build type

[Brandon J. Van Every]

Brad King wrote:
> Brandon J. Van Every wrote:
>   
>> Brad King wrote:
>>     
>>> This would be a nice feature but I don't know how to implement it.  Try
>>> generating a project and then manually editing the project files in such
>>> a way that the IDE selects a different configuration by default.  Don't
>>> forget to remove the .suo and .ncb files between attempts because they
>>> store the user IDE state.
>>>       
>> That approach is not desired.  People typically want CMakeList.txt under
>> source control, not its end products, as the latter differ for every
>> person.  We don't ship .sln files to people, we tell them to install CMake.
>>     
>
> I was not proposing this as a solution, I was asking you to figure out
> how to implement it.  I have no idea how to write a .sln or .vcproj file
> that will convince the VS IDE to come up with a non-Debug configuration
> by default.  I just tried manually reordering the configurations to put
> Release first and the IDE still selected Debug at startup.  Even
> changing the Release configuration to have the name ARelease (which
> comes before Debug lexicographically) didn't fix it.
>   

I have no idea either, nor time to investigate it at present.  I will 
note our lack of knowledge in the feature request.  Maybe we'll run into 
someone else who knows better.


Cheers,
Brandon Van Every

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