Hi all,
Alan>
> Anyhow, I don't think we are asking too much of our MSVC users (and
> users of other platforms without a coherent free software
> distribution) to download or build CMake every 3 months or so as
> 3.3.z, 3.4.z, etc., mature. Note, I am not asking you to do that for
> your Linux and Cygwin platforms, and I could add MinGW-w64/MSYS2 to
> the list of platforms where 3.0.2 is the minimum version as well if
> you think that is desirable.
>
The platform where bugs are appearing is MSVC because of the new OS.
MSYS2, rabid advocates of bleeding edge, only has 3.4.1 to-date for mingw,
3.2.3 for the posix cmake (which includes a lot of patching of .cmake files
as
well as a special runtime).
> Alan:
> So my question for you is do you really think it is going to be that
> onerous for you to move from 3.3.2 to 3.4.3 just for MSVC and
> classical MinGW/MSYS? After all, ...
I'm pretty sure 3.4.3, without modifications, will break in plplot
comprehensive
on my 'puter when it picks up a windows' pythonlib from the registry.
So I would have to fix 3.4 again, re-make the directory links, etc.
It may not be onerous but If its not relevant I'd rather not tinker with
it.
I have already given 3.4.3 a pretty
>
> good thrashing on Linux so I expect there is an excellent chance it
> will be reliable for all your various platform needs as well.
Of course, Linux is the worst test because it is most likely to be
compliant,
the most tested and consistent. The minority case uses are where issues
are more likely to arise.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 3:41 AM, Alan W. Irwin <ir...@beluga.phys.uvic.ca>
wrote:
> On 2016-02-06 23:09-0800 Greg Jung wrote:
>
> I'd like to make a pitch for maintaining a lower general cmake minimum
>
>
>
>>
> Finally, note that if you convince me to go with the second latest
> mature version (i.e., 3.3.2 now rather than 3.4.3) it will give you a
> 3-month break, but then after that, keeping up with second latest
> mature version will still require you to build/download CMake every 3
> months or so. So why not go with latest mature rather than second
> latest if they are essentially going to be the same trouble for you?
>
> When I upgrade I'll want to go to a version well ahead of the minimum.
Regards,
Greg
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