Are ports for CMake script libraries acceptable?

[mbeutel]

Would you accept PRs with portfiles for libraries that solely consist of CMake script files?

An example would be YCM. This can be used as a CMake package, i.e. with find_package(YCM), but the config file only modifies CMAKE_MODULE_PATH to make YCM's CMake modules (e.g. InstallBasicPackageFiles) accessible.

I have a Vcpkg port for YCM in my ports repository here:
https://mp-force.ziti.uni-heidelberg.de/asc/infrastructure/vcpkg-ports/blob/master/vcpkg/ports/ycm
I'd be happy to submit a PR with the port.

[traversaro]

Some CMake-only ports already exists in vcpkg, as for example ECM (https://github.com/KDE/extra-cmake-modules), see https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/tree/master/ports/ecm and #877 . As ecm was one of the source of inspiration for the creation of YCM , I think it can make sense to have a port for it.

[traversaro]

More related to the YCM port, I would suggest to create it using the offline tarball, otherwise you could make the vcpkg port of ycm vulnerable to any outage in 3rd party repositories, see robotology/ycm-cmake-modules#105 .

[PhoebeHui]

@mbeutel, we're happy to accpets the PR, could you please summit a PR this?

[PhoebeHui]

@mbeutel, feel free to summit a PR for this.

[mbeutel]

Thanks; I just didn't have time yet. Next week, hopefully.