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author | Brad King <brad.king@kitware.com> | 2020-03-10 14:29:11 (GMT) |
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committer | Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com> | 2020-03-10 14:30:07 (GMT) |
commit | 7b7170a584b29b0aaa913f6a09a02b61264cf1aa (patch) | |
tree | aec7f0a36a92a9a6e0e2166138e7c9688c5d61f7 /Help/release/3.17.rst | |
parent | 51c8ac8e895e49da0281b1c113b10af3e120867f (diff) | |
parent | d5e6fedd7b1e9792732246b2c1caa8db79dbc6e1 (diff) | |
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Merge topic 'release-notes-minor-cleanups' into release-3.17
d5e6fedd7b Help: Cleanup minor typos and grammar in 3.17 release notes
Acked-by: Kitware Robot <kwrobot@kitware.com>
Merge-request: !4449
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diff --git a/Help/release/3.17.rst b/Help/release/3.17.rst index bb8203e..f2c4d85 100644 --- a/Help/release/3.17.rst +++ b/Help/release/3.17.rst @@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ Command-Line ------------ * :manual:`cmake(1)` gained a ``--debug-find`` command-line option to - enable additional human-readable output on where find commands search. + enable additional human-readable output on where ``find_*`` commands search. * :manual:`cmake(1)` gained a ``--trace-format`` command-line option that can be used to set the ``--trace`` output format. Currently, the old human readable and the new JSON format are supported. The new JSON format - is easier to parse automatically, than the existing format. + is easier to parse automatically than the existing format. * :manual:`cmake(1)` gained a ``-E rm`` command-line tool that can be used to remove directories and files. This supersedes the existing @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Commands ``DEPENDS`` arguments that are specified relative to the current binary directory. -* The :command:`foreach` learned a new option ``ZIP_LISTS`` to iterate +* The :command:`foreach` command learned a new ``ZIP_LISTS`` option to iterate over multiple lists simultaneously. * The :command:`load_cache(READ_WITH_PREFIX)` command mode is now allowed @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Commands * The :command:`message` command gained new keywords ``CHECK_START``, ``CHECK_PASS`` and ``CHECK_FAIL``. -* :command:`target_compile_options` command now honors the ``BEFORE`` +* The :command:`target_compile_options` command now honors the ``BEFORE`` keyword more consistently. See policy :policy:`CMP0101`. Variables @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Variables use CUDA. * The :variable:`CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE` variable was introduced to - print extra find call information during the cmake run to standard + print extra ``find_*`` call information during the cmake run to standard error. Output is designed for human consumption and not for parsing. * The :variable:`CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS` variable now takes its @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Properties * The :prop_tgt:`AIX_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS` target property and associated :variable:`CMAKE_AIX_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS` variable were created to - optionally explicitly disbale automatic export of symbols from shared + optionally explicitly disable automatic export of symbols from shared libraries on AIX. * The :prop_tgt:`DEPRECATION` target property was added to mark @@ -183,11 +183,11 @@ Modules * The :module:`FindPython3` and :module:`FindPython` modules gained, respectively, variable ``Python3_SOABI`` and ``Python_SOABI`` giving the standard extension suffix for modules. Moreover, commands - ``Python3_add_library`` and ``Python_add_library`` gained the option + ``Python3_add_library()`` and ``Python_add_library()`` gained the option ``WITH_SOABI`` to prefix the library suffix with the value of ``SOABI``. * The :module:`FindLibXml2` module now provides an imported target for the - ``xmllint`` executable + ``xmllint`` executable. Autogen ------- @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ CTest * The :variable:`CTEST_CONFIGURATION_TYPE` variable is now set from the command line when :manual:`ctest(1)` is invoked with ``-C <cfg>``. -* The :manual:`ctest(1)` gained support for Dr. Memory to run +* The :manual:`ctest(1)` tool gained support for Dr. Memory to run memcheck runs. * The :manual:`ctest(1)` tool gained a ``--no-tests=<[error|ignore]>`` option @@ -249,9 +249,9 @@ CPack :variable:`CPACK_NSIS_FINISH_TITLE_3LINES`. These can be used to specify the finish page title and display it in 3 lines. -* The :cpack_gen:`CPack productbuild Generator` gained option - :variable:`CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_BACKGROUND` to specify a background image - for the macOS installer. +* The :cpack_gen:`CPack productbuild Generator` gained support for a + :variable:`CPACK_PRODUCTBUILD_BACKGROUND` variable to specify a background + image for the macOS installer. Other ----- @@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Other Changes See policy :policy:`CMP0099`. * When using MinGW tools, the :command:`find_library` command no longer - finds ``.dll`` files by default. Instead it expects ``.dll.a`` import + finds ``.dll`` files by default. Instead, it expects ``.dll.a`` import libraries to be available. * The :generator:`MinGW Makefiles` generator no longer issues an error if |