On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM, David Doria <daviddo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, David Cole <david.c...@kitware.com> wrote: > >> The "Generate" button should be enabled after the first configure. >> >> It's not enabled because the prevailing theory of the day was that you >> shouldn't allow generate unless there were *no* *new* cache entries after >> the most recent configure... -- force users to pay attention to those new >> red entries -- in other words, it's just history and reluctance to change >> behavior that's "always been that way"... >> >> I've always thought that you should be allowed to generate whenever you >> want to: I'd go so far as to say that "Generate" should be enabled as soon >> as you open cmake-gui, and that, if there have not been *any* configure >> steps, it would do the same thing as command line cmake: configure once and >> generate, all in one click. >> >> 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! > > Thanks, > > David D. > :-) OK. So far, we have these votes: 32 - 0 - 0 Anybody else?
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