Brandon Van Every wrote:
On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:59 AM, Bill Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/Really_Cool_CMake_Features
This is really important (good idea Bill) so I linked it as the 1st
item under "Primary Resources." In other words, almost the very 1st
thing you'd look at on the wiki. I figure, rather than expecting
people to just download CMake and start playing with it, it would be a
good idea to give them a feature list, so that they become interested
and actually download. I also redrafted the introductory statement to
sound more confident and professional. It would be good to sort the
list as time goes on. An unsorted list will do for now, but we don't
need to be calling attention to the fact that it's unsorted, that
sounds amateurish. I think the feature list is already adequate as a
pitch. It can be improved, but by putting it front and center in
people's minds, it is likely to improve faster.
The intro now explicitly directs people to extend the list. I hope
you all can live up to the standard of enumerating features that make
CMake "a joy to program with." :-) That word "joy" is certainly a
two-edged sword, but I suggest we keep it for now and see it as the
mission statement. Can we craft a feature list that actually
justifies and validates the use of the word "joy?" That appears
professional and not a pile of self-inflated malarky? Even if some
cantankerous yet well-informed soul takes issue with the word in the
sense of, "Oh JOY" (not), the feedback can only stimulate the CMake
community and increase CMake's notoriety.
Actually, I made it a bit obscure because I was hoping to flesh it out
before putting it at the top of the wiki. I guess the list is OK as
is. The problem is there are so many little things that cmake does
automatically that actually have lots of work behind them that people
don't realize. Eventually, I will move the list or parts of it from the
wiki to the main web page. Another reason we might not want it at the
top yet is that I am listing CVS features as well as 2.4 stuff.
-Bill
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