From: Sibi Siddharthan <sibisiddharthan.github@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 14:29:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFH] CMake: detect if being run via Visual Studio, independent of build generator?
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On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 6:52 PM Matt Rogers <mattr94@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I think the best middle of the line solution would be to just provide a manual
> knob for turning vcpkg support on/off here and offer configurations in
> CMakePresets.json for both situations.  The only downside here is that I believe
> a lot of IDE's are aggressive about running the cmake configuration step and may
> try to install vcpkg even if it is unnecessary.  But automatic
> generation can generally
> be turned off by users I guess.

I agree. I would suggest vcpkg should be used by default for Windows platforms.
This way IDE's won't complain and command line users can straight up
disable this behaviour.

Thank You,
Sibi Siddharthan