[CMake] Auto re-configuring until cache stops changing

[Adolfo Rodríguez Tsouroukdissian]

>
> Please reply with more feedback:
>>>
>>> How many of you would:
>>> - keep the current behavior exactly as is, it's good
>>> - enable "Generate" unconditionally
>>> - something in between
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> David
>>>
>>
>> David C.,
>>
>> I fear all of the votes for "enable generate unconditionally" will never
>> be cast because the users that really want/need it are not on the CMake
>> mailing list. I'd like to cast 32 votes by proxy in favor of the
>> unconditional generate button!
>>
>
My experience supports this claim. When I was new to CMake, it struck me as
odd that when using the UIs I sometimes had to explicitly configure projects
multiple times, and I wondered why "Generate unconditionally" was
unsupported. It took me a while to understand what was going on. Now that I
understand the behavior, it does not bother me (I don't use the UIs much
anyway).
I think that allowing to "Generate unconditionally" would be a gain for new
users, and wouldn't interfere with the usual practices of experienced users.
If you want so see the new cache entries and maybe edit them, you configure;
if you don't care and just want to proceed with the build, you generate.

Cheers,

Adolfo


>> Thanks,
>>
>> David D.
>>
>
>
> :-)
>
> OK. So far, we have these votes: 32 - 0 - 0
>
> Anybody else?
>
>
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