On Dec 21, 2007, at 3:35 PM, Bill Hoffman wrote:
Bug:
<http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=6195>
Another issue not explicitly discussed by me, but has been mentioned
in other contexts is installing to /usr instead of /usr/local. I
haven't checked in awhile, but last time I remember, the installer
package for CMake installs to /usr instead of /usr/local. This
really
needs to change if it hasn't already been fixed.
So, if we installed into /usr/local it would not be in the default
path of the user. They would install and nothing would happen.
So, I closed that bug as a won't fix.
-Bill
Bill,
In my NOT so humble opinion, this is a REALLY bad idea and here is
why.
1) Not in the users default path argument is a bad argument. Your
target audience is a developer. 99.9% of developers know how to set a
path variable.
2) Apple "owns" /usr. It is my opinion that /usr is Apple's
playground. Anything in there is subject to change at Apple's whim.
If you install into /usr and Apple does something funky with it in a
future update then cmake may break or other oddities.
3) Installing into /usr also clearly delineates what _came_ on the
system versus what has been _installed_ on the system. This can come
in handy for things like backups, system restores, system imaging and
other areas. I can look in /usr/local and immediately see what has
been installed onto my system.
4) With a post install script you can figure out if /usr/local/bin is
on the users path and if not put it there.
What I would _really_ like to see is a system like "Textmate" or
"BBEdit" where cmake is just a drag-and-drop install and the first
time CMake GUI is launched symlinks to cmake, ccmake, ctest are put
into /usr/local/bin (or somewhere else the use selects). This makes
the installation and use of CMake much easier and approachable. With
a little bit of effort CMake can become a first class OS X
application which helps it gain mind share in the OS X market. I am
_willing_ to help with that effort. What do you need.
--
Mike Jackson
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