Dear CMake develoers,
I just updated openSuse's CMake package. We have a patch, that removes
the CMake version from generated files. This is aiming to reduce the
re-publishing of generated files. Please find the current patch attached.
What do you think, can we get this somehow upstreamed? Or are you
opposed to the general idea and keep the CMake version in the files?

Bye
Christoph
Enclosing the cmake version will cause a republish of generated files

--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx        2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx        2016-07-10 09:43:06.902186709 +0200
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
   // Protect that file against use with older CMake versions.
   /* clang-format off */
-  os << "# Generated by CMake " << cmVersion::GetCMakeVersion() << "\n\n";
+  os << "# Generated by CMake\n\n";
   os << "if(\"${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}\" LESS 2.5)\n"
      << "   message(FATAL_ERROR \"CMake >= 2.6.0 required\")\n"
      << "endif()\n";
diff -ru cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmExportLibraryDependenciesCommand.cxx cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmExportLibraryDependenciesCommand.cxx
--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmExportLibraryDependenciesCommand.cxx   2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmExportLibraryDependenciesCommand.cxx   2016-07-10 09:43:59.719118260 +0200
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
   // versions.
   const char* vertest =
     "\"${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}\" GREATER 2.4";
-  fout << "# Generated by CMake " << cmVersion::GetCMakeVersion() << "\n\n";
+  fout << "# Generated by CMake\n\n";
   fout << "if(" << vertest << ")\n";
   fout << "  # Information for CMake 2.6 and above.\n";
   for (std::map<std::string, std::string>::const_iterator i =
diff -ru cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx
--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx    2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmGlobalGhsMultiGenerator.cxx    2016-07-10 09:40:07.711043443 +0200
@@ -333,8 +333,8 @@
   (*os) << "#" << std::endl
         << "# CMAKE generated file: DO NOT EDIT!" << std::endl
         << "# Generated by \"" << GetActualName() << "\""
-        << " Generator, CMake Version " << cmVersion::GetMajorVersion() << "."
-        << cmVersion::GetMinorVersion() << std::endl
+        << " Generator, CMake"
+        << std::endl
         << "#" << std::endl;
 }
 
diff -ru cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx
--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx       2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmGlobalNinjaGenerator.cxx       2016-07-10 09:45:27.428670193 +0200
@@ -807,8 +807,7 @@
 {
   os << "# CMAKE generated file: DO NOT EDIT!\n"
      << "# Generated by \"" << this->GetName() << "\""
-     << " Generator, CMake Version " << cmVersion::GetMajorVersion() << "."
-     << cmVersion::GetMinorVersion() << "\n\n";
+     << " Generator, CMake\n\n";
 }
 
 void cmGlobalNinjaGenerator::AddDependencyToAll(cmGeneratorTarget* target)
diff -ru cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx
--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx        2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3.cxx        2016-07-10 09:46:19.413592894 +0200
@@ -1878,8 +1878,7 @@
 {
   os << "# CMAKE generated file: DO NOT EDIT!\n"
      << "# Generated by \"" << this->GlobalGenerator->GetName() << "\""
-     << " Generator, CMake Version " << cmVersion::GetMajorVersion() << "."
-     << cmVersion::GetMinorVersion() << "\n\n";
+     << " Generator, CMake\n\n";
 }
 
 std::string cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator3::GetRecursiveMakeCall(
diff -ru cmake-3.6.0/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx
--- cmake-3.6.0/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx        2016-07-07 16:47:27.000000000 +0200
+++ cmake-3.6.0_patched/Source/CPack/IFW/cmCPackIFWGenerator.cxx        2016-07-10 09:41:34.316559270 +0200
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
 void cmCPackIFWGenerator::WriteGeneratedByToStrim(cmXMLWriter& xout)
 {
   std::stringstream comment;
-  comment << "Generated by CPack " << CMake_VERSION << " IFW generator "
+  comment << "Generated by CPack IFW generator "
           << "for QtIFW ";
   if (IsVersionLess("2.0")) {
     comment << "less 2.0";
-- 

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