From kde-core-devel  Fri Oct 19 00:07:27 2012
From: Michael Pyne <mpyne () kde ! org>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:07:27 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: CMake 2.8.8 will be required for kdelibs 4.10 starting October 30th
Message-Id: <2128728.j9nb5yMJxo () midna>
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On Thursday, October 18, 2012 20:37:04 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> in kdelibs we require since more than 2 years cmake .2.6.4, since then many
> improvements and fixes have gone into cmake, and we cannot make use of them.
> 
> These are e.g.
> * builtin automoc
> * support for creating proper Config.cmake files
> * ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}
> and many many more.
> 
> So, after the discussion we had here on this list,
> starting October 30th CMake 2.8.8 or newer will be required for building
> kdelibs 4.10.
> 
> If it is not yet available in your distribution, simply wget and untar it:

In a pinch, git versions of kdesrc-build can also build CMake (from git).

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne