ENH: Overhaul CMake version numbering

This moves the version numbers into an isolated configured header so
that not all of CMake needs to rebuild when the version changes.

Previously we had spaces, dashes and/or the word 'patch' randomly chosen
before the patch number.  Now we always report version numbers in the
traditional format "<major>.<minor>.<patch>[-rc<rc>]".

We still use odd minor numbers for development versions.  Now we also
use the CCYYMMDD date as the patch number of development versions, thus
allowing tests for exact CMake versions.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
index 27afd923f7..199b36a554 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "Variables that Provide Information");
   
   cm->DefineProperty
-    ("CMAKE_CACHE_RELEASE_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Release version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the release version of CMake used to "
+    ("CMAKE_CACHE_PATCH_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
+     "Patch version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
+     "This is stores the patch version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,