[CMake] cmake 2.4.8 RC 4
Bill Hoffman
bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Sun Dec 23 09:43:25 EST 2007
Bill Hoffman wrote:
> I am still not sold on this idea, that you have to run the GUI once.
> CMake by nature and history (did not even have one on the mac), did not
> require running anything after installation. TextMate is an editor,
> people will run it after they install it. With cmake, people may want
> to run ccmake or just cmake without ever touching the GUI. They may
> never ever run the GUI, and still expect stuff to work. I don't think a
> functioning command line can depend on the GUI running at least once. I
> still don't see the reason for the strong resistance to using an
> installer program. Many Apple products including Xcode use one.
>
Having slept on this...
I don't see a problem with providing a drop and drag installation as
well as the installer version for 2.6. We already have a tar file that
can go anywhere. Of course this won't happen until 2.6.
-Bill
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