--- /dev/null
+# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line.
+SPHINXOPTS =
+SPHINXBUILD = sphinx-build
+PAPER =
+BUILDDIR = build
+
+# Internal variables.
+PAPEROPT_a4 = -D latex_paper_size=a4
+PAPEROPT_letter = -D latex_paper_size=letter
+ALLSPHINXOPTS = -d $(BUILDDIR)/doctrees $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
+# the i18n builder cannot share the environment and doctrees with the others
+I18NSPHINXOPTS = $(PAPEROPT_$(PAPER)) $(SPHINXOPTS) source
+
+.PHONY: help clean html dirhtml singlehtml pickle json htmlhelp qthelp devhelp epub latex latexpdf text man changes linkcheck doctest gettext
+
+help:
+ @echo "Please use \`make <target>' where <target> is one of"
+ @echo " html to make standalone HTML files"
+ @echo " dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories"
+ @echo " singlehtml to make a single large HTML file"
+ @echo " pickle to make pickle files"
+ @echo " json to make JSON files"
+ @echo " htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project"
+ @echo " qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project"
+ @echo " devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project"
+ @echo " epub to make an epub"
+ @echo " latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter"
+ @echo " latexpdf to make LaTeX files and run them through pdflatex"
+ @echo " text to make text files"
+ @echo " man to make manual pages"
+ @echo " texinfo to make Texinfo files"
+ @echo " info to make Texinfo files and run them through makeinfo"
+ @echo " gettext to make PO message catalogs"
+ @echo " changes to make an overview of all changed/added/deprecated items"
+ @echo " linkcheck to check all external links for integrity"
+ @echo " doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation (if enabled)"
+
+clean:
+ -rm -rf $(BUILDDIR)/*
+
+html:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b html $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/html
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/html."
+
+dirhtml:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b dirhtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The HTML pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/dirhtml."
+
+singlehtml:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b singlehtml $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The HTML page is in $(BUILDDIR)/singlehtml."
+
+pickle:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b pickle $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/pickle
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished; now you can process the pickle files."
+
+json:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b json $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/json
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished; now you can process the JSON files."
+
+htmlhelp:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b htmlhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the" \
+ ".hhp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/htmlhelp."
+
+qthelp:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b qthelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the" \
+ ".qhcp project file in $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp, like this:"
+ @echo "# qcollectiongenerator $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/CMakebuildprocedure.qhcp"
+ @echo "To view the help file:"
+ @echo "# assistant -collectionFile $(BUILDDIR)/qthelp/CMakebuildprocedure.qhc"
+
+devhelp:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b devhelp $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished."
+ @echo "To view the help file:"
+ @echo "# mkdir -p $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/CMakebuildprocedure"
+ @echo "# ln -s $(BUILDDIR)/devhelp $$HOME/.local/share/devhelp/CMakebuildprocedure"
+ @echo "# devhelp"
+
+epub:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b epub $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/epub
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The epub file is in $(BUILDDIR)/epub."
+
+latex:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished; the LaTeX files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+ @echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through (pdf)latex" \
+ "(use \`make latexpdf' here to do that automatically)."
+
+latexpdf:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b latex $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/latex
+ @echo "Running LaTeX files through pdflatex..."
+ $(MAKE) -C $(BUILDDIR)/latex all-pdf
+ @echo "pdflatex finished; the PDF files are in $(BUILDDIR)/latex."
+
+text:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b text $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/text
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The text files are in $(BUILDDIR)/text."
+
+man:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b man $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/man
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The manual pages are in $(BUILDDIR)/man."
+
+texinfo:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The Texinfo files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+ @echo "Run \`make' in that directory to run these through makeinfo" \
+ "(use \`make info' here to do that automatically)."
+
+info:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b texinfo $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo
+ @echo "Running Texinfo files through makeinfo..."
+ make -C $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo info
+ @echo "makeinfo finished; the Info files are in $(BUILDDIR)/texinfo."
+
+gettext:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b gettext $(I18NSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/locale
+ @echo
+ @echo "Build finished. The message catalogs are in $(BUILDDIR)/locale."
+
+changes:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b changes $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/changes
+ @echo
+ @echo "The overview file is in $(BUILDDIR)/changes."
+
+linkcheck:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b linkcheck $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck
+ @echo
+ @echo "Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output " \
+ "or in $(BUILDDIR)/linkcheck/output.txt."
+
+doctest:
+ $(SPHINXBUILD) -b doctest $(ALLSPHINXOPTS) $(BUILDDIR)/doctest
+ @echo "Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the " \
+ "results in $(BUILDDIR)/doctest/output.txt."
--- /dev/null
+@ECHO OFF
+
+REM Command file for Sphinx documentation
+
+if "%SPHINXBUILD%" == "" (
+ set SPHINXBUILD=sphinx-build
+)
+set BUILDDIR=build
+set ALLSPHINXOPTS=-d %BUILDDIR%/doctrees %SPHINXOPTS% source
+set I18NSPHINXOPTS=%SPHINXOPTS% source
+if NOT "%PAPER%" == "" (
+ set ALLSPHINXOPTS=-D latex_paper_size=%PAPER% %ALLSPHINXOPTS%
+ set I18NSPHINXOPTS=-D latex_paper_size=%PAPER% %I18NSPHINXOPTS%
+)
+
+if "%1" == "" goto help
+
+if "%1" == "help" (
+ :help
+ echo.Please use `make ^<target^>` where ^<target^> is one of
+ echo. html to make standalone HTML files
+ echo. dirhtml to make HTML files named index.html in directories
+ echo. singlehtml to make a single large HTML file
+ echo. pickle to make pickle files
+ echo. json to make JSON files
+ echo. htmlhelp to make HTML files and a HTML help project
+ echo. qthelp to make HTML files and a qthelp project
+ echo. devhelp to make HTML files and a Devhelp project
+ echo. epub to make an epub
+ echo. latex to make LaTeX files, you can set PAPER=a4 or PAPER=letter
+ echo. text to make text files
+ echo. man to make manual pages
+ echo. texinfo to make Texinfo files
+ echo. gettext to make PO message catalogs
+ echo. changes to make an overview over all changed/added/deprecated items
+ echo. linkcheck to check all external links for integrity
+ echo. doctest to run all doctests embedded in the documentation if enabled
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "clean" (
+ for /d %%i in (%BUILDDIR%\*) do rmdir /q /s %%i
+ del /q /s %BUILDDIR%\*
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "html" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b html %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/html
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/html.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "dirhtml" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b dirhtml %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/dirhtml
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/dirhtml.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "singlehtml" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b singlehtml %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/singlehtml
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The HTML pages are in %BUILDDIR%/singlehtml.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "pickle" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b pickle %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/pickle
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished; now you can process the pickle files.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "json" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b json %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/json
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished; now you can process the JSON files.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "htmlhelp" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b htmlhelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/htmlhelp
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished; now you can run HTML Help Workshop with the ^
+.hhp project file in %BUILDDIR%/htmlhelp.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "qthelp" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b qthelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/qthelp
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished; now you can run "qcollectiongenerator" with the ^
+.qhcp project file in %BUILDDIR%/qthelp, like this:
+ echo.^> qcollectiongenerator %BUILDDIR%\qthelp\CMakebuildprocedure.qhcp
+ echo.To view the help file:
+ echo.^> assistant -collectionFile %BUILDDIR%\qthelp\CMakebuildprocedure.ghc
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "devhelp" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b devhelp %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/devhelp
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "epub" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b epub %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/epub
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The epub file is in %BUILDDIR%/epub.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "latex" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b latex %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/latex
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished; the LaTeX files are in %BUILDDIR%/latex.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "text" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b text %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/text
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The text files are in %BUILDDIR%/text.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "man" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b man %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/man
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The manual pages are in %BUILDDIR%/man.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "texinfo" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b texinfo %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/texinfo
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The Texinfo files are in %BUILDDIR%/texinfo.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "gettext" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b gettext %I18NSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/locale
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Build finished. The message catalogs are in %BUILDDIR%/locale.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "changes" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b changes %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/changes
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.The overview file is in %BUILDDIR%/changes.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "linkcheck" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b linkcheck %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/linkcheck
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Link check complete; look for any errors in the above output ^
+or in %BUILDDIR%/linkcheck/output.txt.
+ goto end
+)
+
+if "%1" == "doctest" (
+ %SPHINXBUILD% -b doctest %ALLSPHINXOPTS% %BUILDDIR%/doctest
+ if errorlevel 1 exit /b 1
+ echo.
+ echo.Testing of doctests in the sources finished, look at the ^
+results in %BUILDDIR%/doctest/output.txt.
+ goto end
+)
+
+:end
--- /dev/null
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# CMake build procedure documentation build configuration file, created by
+# sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jul 2 14:10:22 2013.
+#
+# This file is execfile()d with the current directory set to its containing dir.
+#
+# Note that not all possible configuration values are present in this
+# autogenerated file.
+#
+# All configuration values have a default; values that are commented out
+# serve to show the default.
+
+import sys, os
+
+# If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
+# add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
+# documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
+#sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('.'))
+
+# -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
+
+# If your documentation needs a minimal Sphinx version, state it here.
+#needs_sphinx = '1.0'
+
+# Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
+# coming with Sphinx (named 'sphinx.ext.*') or your custom ones.
+extensions = []
+
+# Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
+templates_path = ['_templates']
+
+# The suffix of source filenames.
+source_suffix = '.rst'
+
+# The encoding of source files.
+#source_encoding = 'utf-8-sig'
+
+# The master toctree document.
+master_doc = 'index'
+
+# General information about the project.
+project = u'CMake build procedure'
+copyright = u'2013, Adrien Bruneton (CEA), Anthony Geay (CEA), Nicolas Geimer (EDF), Paul Rascle (EDF)'
+
+# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
+# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
+# built documents.
+#
+# The short X.Y version.
+version = '1.0'
+# The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
+release = '1.0'
+
+# The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
+# for a list of supported languages.
+#language = None
+
+# There are two options for replacing |today|: either, you set today to some
+# non-false value, then it is used:
+#today = ''
+# Else, today_fmt is used as the format for a strftime call.
+#today_fmt = '%B %d, %Y'
+
+# List of patterns, relative to source directory, that match files and
+# directories to ignore when looking for source files.
+exclude_patterns = []
+
+# The reST default role (used for this markup: `text`) to use for all documents.
+#default_role = None
+
+# If true, '()' will be appended to :func: etc. cross-reference text.
+#add_function_parentheses = True
+
+# If true, the current module name will be prepended to all description
+# unit titles (such as .. function::).
+#add_module_names = True
+
+# If true, sectionauthor and moduleauthor directives will be shown in the
+# output. They are ignored by default.
+#show_authors = False
+
+# The name of the Pygments (syntax highlighting) style to use.
+pygments_style = 'sphinx'
+
+# A list of ignored prefixes for module index sorting.
+#modindex_common_prefix = []
+
+
+# -- Options for HTML output ---------------------------------------------------
+
+# The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages. See the documentation for
+# a list of builtin themes.
+html_theme = 'default'
+
+# Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
+# further. For a list of options available for each theme, see the
+# documentation.
+#html_theme_options = {}
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom themes here, relative to this directory.
+#html_theme_path = []
+
+# The name for this set of Sphinx documents. If None, it defaults to
+# "<project> v<release> documentation".
+#html_title = None
+
+# A shorter title for the navigation bar. Default is the same as html_title.
+#html_short_title = None
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top
+# of the sidebar.
+#html_logo = None
+
+# The name of an image file (within the static path) to use as favicon of the
+# docs. This file should be a Windows icon file (.ico) being 16x16 or 32x32
+# pixels large.
+#html_favicon = None
+
+# Add any paths that contain custom static files (such as style sheets) here,
+# relative to this directory. They are copied after the builtin static files,
+# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
+html_static_path = ['_static']
+
+# If not '', a 'Last updated on:' timestamp is inserted at every page bottom,
+# using the given strftime format.
+#html_last_updated_fmt = '%b %d, %Y'
+
+# If true, SmartyPants will be used to convert quotes and dashes to
+# typographically correct entities.
+#html_use_smartypants = True
+
+# Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
+#html_sidebars = {}
+
+# Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
+# template names.
+#html_additional_pages = {}
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#html_domain_indices = True
+
+# If false, no index is generated.
+#html_use_index = True
+
+# If true, the index is split into individual pages for each letter.
+#html_split_index = False
+
+# If true, links to the reST sources are added to the pages.
+#html_show_sourcelink = True
+
+# If true, "Created using Sphinx" is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_sphinx = True
+
+# If true, "(C) Copyright ..." is shown in the HTML footer. Default is True.
+#html_show_copyright = True
+
+# If true, an OpenSearch description file will be output, and all pages will
+# contain a <link> tag referring to it. The value of this option must be the
+# base URL from which the finished HTML is served.
+#html_use_opensearch = ''
+
+# This is the file name suffix for HTML files (e.g. ".xhtml").
+#html_file_suffix = None
+
+# Output file base name for HTML help builder.
+htmlhelp_basename = 'CMakebuildproceduredoc'
+
+
+# -- Options for LaTeX output --------------------------------------------------
+
+latex_elements = {
+# The paper size ('letterpaper' or 'a4paper').
+#'papersize': 'letterpaper',
+
+# The font size ('10pt', '11pt' or '12pt').
+#'pointsize': '10pt',
+
+# Additional stuff for the LaTeX preamble.
+#'preamble': '',
+}
+
+# Grouping the document tree into LaTeX files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author, documentclass [howto/manual]).
+latex_documents = [
+ ('index', 'CMakebuildprocedure.tex', u'CMake build procedure Documentation',
+ u'Adrien Bruneton (CEA), Anthony Geay (CEA), Nicolas Geimer (EDF), Paul Rascle (EDF)', 'manual'),
+]
+
+# The name of an image file (relative to this directory) to place at the top of
+# the title page.
+#latex_logo = None
+
+# For "manual" documents, if this is true, then toplevel headings are parts,
+# not chapters.
+#latex_use_parts = False
+
+# If true, show page references after internal links.
+#latex_show_pagerefs = False
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#latex_show_urls = False
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#latex_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#latex_domain_indices = True
+
+
+# -- Options for manual page output --------------------------------------------
+
+# One entry per manual page. List of tuples
+# (source start file, name, description, authors, manual section).
+man_pages = [
+ ('index', 'cmakebuildprocedure', u'CMake build procedure Documentation',
+ [u'Adrien Bruneton (CEA), Anthony Geay (CEA), Nicolas Geimer (EDF), Paul Rascle (EDF)'], 1)
+]
+
+# If true, show URL addresses after external links.
+#man_show_urls = False
+
+
+# -- Options for Texinfo output ------------------------------------------------
+
+# Grouping the document tree into Texinfo files. List of tuples
+# (source start file, target name, title, author,
+# dir menu entry, description, category)
+texinfo_documents = [
+ ('index', 'CMakebuildprocedure', u'CMake build procedure Documentation',
+ u'Adrien Bruneton (CEA), Anthony Geay (CEA), Nicolas Geimer (EDF), Paul Rascle (EDF)', 'CMakebuildprocedure', 'One line description of project.',
+ 'Miscellaneous'),
+]
+
+# Documents to append as an appendix to all manuals.
+#texinfo_appendices = []
+
+# If false, no module index is generated.
+#texinfo_domain_indices = True
+
+# How to display URL addresses: 'footnote', 'no', or 'inline'.
+#texinfo_show_urls = 'footnote'
--- /dev/null
+.. CMake build procedure documentation master file, created by
+ sphinx-quickstart on Tue Jul 2 14:10:22 2013.
+ You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+ contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to CMake build procedure's documentation!
+=================================================
+
+Contents:
+
+.. toctree::
+ :maxdepth: 2
+
+ intro.rst
+
+
+Indices and tables
+==================
+
+* :ref:`genindex`
+* :ref:`modindex`
+* :ref:`search`
+
--- /dev/null
+Introduction
+============
+This documentation describes the goals and the good practices to be applied when writing
+the CMake files for the configuration of a SALOME module.
+
+This documentation is best browsed with the KERNEL sources at hand, in order to be able to
+take a look at code snipets. Most references in this document points to KERNEL sources.
+
+Motivations: CMake must be user friendly
+========================================
+
+Every beginner should be able to build SALOME, without any previous knowledge of SALOME. With a tool like cmake-gui, the user must obtain useful messages to find what is wrong or missing.
+
+* CMake generates a build process which is per default much less verbose than the Autotools one. One doesn't see automatically
+ the compilation/linking commands being invoked. Each of the following solutions displays the full command line for each build
+ action:
+ ::
+ make VERBOSE=1
+ env VERBOSE=1 make
+ export VERBOSE=1; make
+
+ To have this by default for every build, this can be specified at the configuration step by setting the
+ CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE to ON.
+
+* Only take into account first order prerequisites.
+For instance, CASCADE uses Tbb :
+- CASCADE is a prerequisite of first order of GUI,
+- Tbb is a prerequisite of second order of GUI,
+- GUI CMake files must reference explicitly CASCADE, but never Tbb. For detection and link, Tbb library may be needed in LD_LIBRARY_PATH in the environment of CMake.
+
+* Take into account several versions of the same product, in the system, or generated by the user.
+For instance, system with python 2.7 and 3.2, and user python 2.6.
+
+* Detection of prerequisite is driven by user options.
+For example MPI is detected only if option SALOME_USE_MPI is ON.
+For prerequisites variables, the naming convention is based on a CMake prefix:
+<Product>_myVariable
+<Product>_ROOT_DIR designing the root directory of the product in environment and CMake variables.
+
+* Detection of first order prerequisites is based on a <Product>_ROOT_DIR variable or on what has been detected in another dependencr. For example if both HDF5 and MPI are needed by the current module, we try to detect with which MPI installation HDF5 was compiled, and to offer this one as a default choice for the package itself. Other variables (PATH, LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PYTHONPATH) are not needed, except in very specific cases (Python…).
+
+
+Package detection mechanism
+===========================
+
+Philosophy and priority order
+-----------------------------
+
+The philosophy of the SALOME package detection is to rely as
+much as possible on the standard CMake modules.
+It is assumed those modules will get better and better with newer releases of CMake
+and doing so ensures future compatibility with newer versions of CMake.
+
+The detection is however guided through a variable of the form XYZ_ROOT_DIR which
+gives the root directory of an installation of the package. For example, to indicate
+that we wish to use the Python installed on the host system, one sets PYTHON_ROOT_DIR to
+"/usr".
+
+The variable guiding the detection is always builts as
+::
+ XYZ_ROOT_DIR
+
+where <XYZ> is the upper case name of the standard CMake module. For example, the
+detection of Qt4 is guided by setting QT4_ROOT_DIR.
+
+Thus the priority for the detection of a package is (from high to low priority):
+1. CMake variables explicitly set by the user on the command line
+2. Environment variables set by the user (typically XYZ_ROOT_DIR, with WYZ the package to be detected)
+3. Default value based on a previous dependency using the tool already
+4. Detection in the host system
+
+Writing the detection macro of a new prerequisite
+-------------------------------------------------
+
+All prerequisite detection in SALOME should be implemented by:
+* writing a file FindSalome<Xyz>.cmake, where <Xyz> matches *exactly* the
+
+
+
+
+Implementation details
+----------------------
+
+
+
+This detection is guided using the XYZ_ROOT_DIR. Those variables
+overr
+
+If the standard FindXYZ.cmake macro exists (and works fine!)
+it should be used as much as possible to ensure future
+compatibility with newer versions of CMake.
+The assumption is that those will become better and better
+and we should automatically benefit from the enhancements.
+
+All packages
+
+
+
