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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: AW: [UPDATE] KDE 4.0.0 Release Schedule
From:       Alexander Neundorf <neundorf () kde ! org>
Date:       2007-09-19 2:48:14
Message-ID: 200709182248.14196.neundorf () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:34, Nhuh Put wrote:
> > Von: Alexander Neundorf
> > Gesendet: Montag, 17. September 2007 00:26
> > An: kde-core-devel@kde.org; winter@kde.org
> > Cc: Ralf Habacker
> > Betreff: Re: [UPDATE] KDE 4.0.0 Release Schedule
> >
> > Would it be ok to require a newer version than CMake 2.4.5 for Windows ?
> > I think we should allow this if it may be required.
> >
> > Ralf, Christian: which version of cmake are you using, is 2.4.5 good
> > enough on
> > Windows ?
> >
> > Alex
>
> I don't think requiring a newer version of cmake for Windows would be a
> problem but there are 2 other problems I would like solve:
> 1. MSVC creates external debug databases (.pdb files). Cmake currently
> ignores them, but it has some advantages to install them.

Do we need this for 4.0 or can this be added for 4.1 ?

> 2. kde4_add_kdeinit_executable
> Using kdeinit to start executables doesn't gain anything on Windows, so I
> would like to try to avoid using it. kde4_add_kdeinit_executable adds the

Except that it doesn't gain anything, does it bring any problems ?

> targets transparently, but you still have to use manual commands to link
> libraries and install the application. It's not easily possible to switch
> between using kdeinit and not using kdeinit.
>
> If nobody has a better idea, I will add some macros for it.

Please don't go ahead and "add some macros for it".
Please post a proposal so we can come up with a good design.

It's already quite late now for 4.0, so if it's something big we might 
postpone it to 4.1.

Alex
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