[CMake] CMake 2.6.0 Beta ready for testing!

Bill Hoffman bill.hoffman at kitware.com
Wed Apr 2 14:48:46 EDT 2008


David C Thompson wrote:

>> I still like having a version numbered folder for CMake.
>> It would be:
>>
>> /Applications/CMake 2.6.0/CMake.app
>> /Applications/CMake 2.6.1/CMake.app
> I don't want to beat a horse that's already down for the count, but I'm
> curious why having an executable with the version number in its name
> (e.g., /Applications/CMake 2.6.app ) is a bad idea; having folders
> in /Applications is un-Mac-like, especially when there will only be a
But, I do see commercial applications like quicken using the same 
strategy.

> single thing inside the folder. Furthermore, if an application bundle is
> set up properly, it will still work should the user rename the folder --
> for instance changing /Applications/CMake.app
> to /Applications/CMake-old.app should be OK. If CMake supports renaming
> the application bundle then you could even distribute it
> as /Applications/CMake.app and let users rename if they want multiple
> installed versions. Is CMake just not there yet?
> 

If you rename it, then the symlinks for the command line will be no good 
anymore, other than that it works just fine with a rename.

-Bill



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