Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-28 Thread Alan W. Irwin
Hi Alex, I agree with most of what you say, and have just one added point. On 2008-05-28 21:49+0200 Alexander Neundorf wrote: Parsing the (pkg-config) stdout which contains "-I/some/dir" is not really nice. Having some nicely structured information would be better. Agreed. Nevertheless, to

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-28 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Tuesday 27 May 2008, you wrote: > The point that should be emphasized is many libraries developed on Linux > export their compile and link information only using pkg-config so users of > those libraries _must_ deal with pkg-config or else reinvent the wheel. > So I felt Alex's comments below nee

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Alan W. Irwin
The point that should be emphasized is many libraries developed on Linux export their compile and link information only using pkg-config so users of those libraries _must_ deal with pkg-config or else reinvent the wheel. So I felt Alex's comments below needed to be answered. On 2008-05-26 22:36+0

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Maik Beckmann
Am Montag 26 Mai 2008 22:36:03 schrieb Alexander Neundorf: > Second comment: pkg-config is not widespread outside of Linux (and maybe > *BSD, don't know), so find modules should works also without pkgconfig pkg-config on windows is a PITA! > Third comment: I think much better than the somewhat c

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Monday 26 May 2008, Hendrik Sattler wrote: ... > CMake needs a better integration with other systems of finding such > definitions, IMHO. On good thing would be to make pkg-config usage > absolutely transparent, First comment: pkg-config sucks (it prints unstructured, toolchain dependent infor

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Maik Beckmann
Am Sonntag 25 Mai 2008 09:37:07 schrieb Andreas Schneider: > Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > There is the unofficial http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/ > > Where I'm the only developer and as nobody is interested in helping I > update it rarly. So if someone is interested in helping let me know

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread troy d. straszheim
Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: The easy way to sort that problem is let it solve by itself: if there are 5 FindBoost.cmake in CMakeForge, I'd probably go for the most-downloaded one (or the most-used one, if cmake-popularity-contest is implemented). Talking about Boost, now that Boost is moving t

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Pau Garcia i Quiles
Quoting Andreas Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: The problem with a restricted-access repository is we would probably have the same issues we have now: you need to ask for access, which would not be granted to you until you are "well-known" and/or you've got s

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Zitat von Pau Garcia i Quiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I know how git works (and mercurial, too, by the way) but I don't see people setting up their own git repositories just for other people to pull two FindWhaterEver.cmake. I have some around, too, but would not do that, either. Simply because

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Matthew McCormick
> >> The problem with a restricted-access repository is we would > >> probably have the same issues we have now: you need to ask for > >> access, which would not be granted to you until you are > >> "well-known" and/or you've got some really interesting > >> contribution. Not a big improvement, IMH

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-26 Thread Andreas Schneider
Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: The problem with a restricted-access repository is we would probably have the same issues we have now: you need to ask for access, which would not be granted to you until you are "well-known" and/or you've got some really interesting contribution. Not a big improvem

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-25 Thread Pau Garcia i Quiles
Quoting Alexander Neundorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sunday 25 May 2008, Andreas Schneider wrote: Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > There is the unofficial http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/ Where I'm the only developer and as nobody is interested in helping I update it rarly. So if someone is i

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-25 Thread Alexander Neundorf
On Sunday 25 May 2008, Andreas Schneider wrote: > Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: > > There is the unofficial http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/ > > Where I'm the only developer and as nobody is interested in helping I > update it rarly. So if someone is interested in helping let me know. > > I wou

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-25 Thread Eduardo Alberto Hernández Muñoz
Hi list, >> There is the unofficial http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/ >> > >Where I'm the only developer and as nobody is interested in helping I update >it rarly. So if someone is interested in helping let me know. I think the best bet is to ask projects who use CMake and create their own

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-25 Thread Andreas Schneider
Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote: There is the unofficial http://code.google.com/p/cmake-modules/ Where I'm the only developer and as nobody is interested in helping I update it rarly. So if someone is interested in helping let me know. I would setup a new git repository on. Official finders hav

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-23 Thread Pau Garcia i Quiles
Quoting Aleix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi list, With the time, at work, I've been developing some finders (find_package-called script). I can see 2 issues here: - Everytime I need to use another library, I have to develop another finder (which might have been developed by someone else in another p

Re: [CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-23 Thread Maik Beckmann
Am Freitag 23 Mai 2008 09:54:21 schrieb Aleix: > Hi list, > > With the time, at work, I've been developing some finders > (find_package-called script). > > I can see 2 issues here: > - Everytime I need to use another library, I have to develop another finder > (which might have been developed by so

[CMake] Finder repository

2008-05-23 Thread Aleix
Hi list, With the time, at work, I've been developing some finders (find_package-called script). I can see 2 issues here: - Everytime I need to use another library, I have to develop another finder (which might have been developed by someone else in another place in the world). - Other people mig