[CMake] VS2017 + CMake integration

[Marian Luparu]

Thanks Robert -- this is great feedback

Yes, VS ships with a patched 3.6 CMake that includes both changes to find the VS 2017 installation as well as the CMake-Server functionality needed for the IDE services. We have not yet started upstreaming these changes (got totally sidetracked by getting the VS 2017 RC release out the door) but are absolutely committed to do so. As a first step, we will be rebasing our changes to the 3.7 CMake release and then start contributing these pieces. 

Once the changes are in PR, at a minimum, you will be able to compile your own version of CMake if you wanted to, to replace the one shipping in VS. But currently, to answer your other question, we have no capability of pointing VS to a different version of CMake. That's primarily because of the thick-coupling between VS and the custom patches we need in CMake to make the end-to-end experience work. 

Thanks,
Marian Luparu
Visual C++ PM Lead

-----Original Message-----
From: CMake [mailto:cmake-bounces at cmake.org] On Behalf Of Robert Dailey
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:58 AM
To: CMake <cmake at cmake.org>
Subject: [CMake] VS2017 + CMake integration

First of all, I personally find the CMake integration in Visual Studio just absolutely amazing. Granted I am not doing any cross-compiling with Android yet, but for just building on Windows it's phenomenal.

I noticed that Visual Studio 2017 RC is actually packaging its own version of CMake:

E:\PROGRAM FILES (X86)\MICROSOFT VISUAL
STUDIO\2017\PROFESSIONAL\COMMON7\IDE\COMMONEXTENSIONS\MICROSOFT\CMAKE\CMake\bin\cmake.exe

Is Microsoft patching the CMake code base to support what they are doing? And if so, are those changes not upstream yet? Personally, I'd rather have the ability to tell Visual Studio to use my external version of CMake that is on PATH, rather than its own. I can understand if that isn't possible right now due to custom changes, but I'm curious to learn more, assuming Kitware has had a partnership with Microsoft for this integration with Visual Studio.

Would anyone be able to provide more news here? Is there a way to make VS 2017 use my separate install of CMake? Are the Microsoft-specific patches contributed to upstream (or planned to be)?
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