I remember asking for the same thing a few weeks ago on IRC because of a small behaviour change in cmake 3.8.0 rc2 that I wanted to put behind an if(version_less).
Alphanumeric ordering would certainly work for most projects : alpha < beta < rc. (I generally use a0, a1, a2... b0, b1, b2...) Best Jean-Michaël On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Roger Leigh <rle...@codelibre.net> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'd like to bring this issue to your attention to canvas some feedback > regarding the use of version suffixes: > > https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/issues/16716 > > This is basically a proposal to allow an optional version suffix like > "-rc3", "-beta1" etc. in addition to the existing major.minor.patch.tweak > pattern, for better interoperability with systems and software releases > already using such suffixes, and also to permit the use of such suffixes by > CMake projects for their own purposes. A version suffix would be usable > anywhere currently using 4 digit versions, with all the necessary > functionality in CMake being updated to handle this. > > The proposal linked above contains a much more detailed rationale and > suggested implementation strategy. I'd be very happy to hear any thoughts > anyone has regarding this either on the above issue, or here. > > > Thanks all, > Roger > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensou > rce/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake-developers >
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