Re: [boost] A retrospect on 'CMakeLists.txt' policy review

Subject: Re: [boost] A retrospect on 'CMakeLists.txt' policy review
From: Gavin Lambert (gavinl_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-06-01 01:11:10

On 1/06/2016 17:02, David Sankel wrote:
> Here is my take away. No one is arguing that the current guidelines
> disallow authors from placing a CMakeLists.txt in the root of their
> library's directory. Some pointed out drawbacks of placing them there and
> recommended 'build/' or 'CMake/' instead. Others saw value in having
> CMakeLists.txt in the root directory, but felt these should be short
> wrappers where the real work is done in the 'build/' directory.

Minor nitpick: I think the recommendation was for "cmake/" rather than 
"CMake/"; this is more consistent with some existing CMake projects.