On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 04:56:26AM -0500, Martin O'Brien wrote: > I definitely can't rely on the people who are complaining about having to do > the -D... to have the correct version installed, or even to recognize when > they don't, probably, and if I give them this option, they're going to write > scripts that depend on it. The basic problem is that although the users in > question think of themselves as developers, they're really not. They're > more IT'ish, involved in doing things like configuring continuous > integration servers, and I already get calls over things like > CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED() that they really ought to be able to figure out on > their own.
So your question boils down to "how do I support users who won't read documentation or act on error messages in a useful way"? Let me know when you solve that one and I'll nominate you for some kind of prize in software engineering :). Anyway, as someone with an IT'ish background who does menial things like configure CI servers, my advice probably isn't worth much to a real developer like yourself. I'll go back to studying CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(). tyler _______________________________________________ Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake