[gmx-developers] GROMACS modularization improvements: CMake targets

[Mark Abraham]

Hi devs,

We've decided on Thursday this week for reworking the structure of modules
and CMake support.

Paul, Joe, Eric, Pascal and I plan to contribute, but others are most
welcome! We'll use my zoom room to collaborate

Topic: GROMACS modularization chatroom
Time: Nov 19, 2020 09:00 AM Stockholm
https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/63437045380
Contact one of us for the passcode!

As Pascal is in a later time zone, we'll focus on modules away from the
modular simulator and leave those closest to his knowledge for him to
follow our lead. Then hopefully we can do a final commit on Friday.

Mark is willing to take point on the GPU and test modules, as they have the
hairiest problems to resolve. Anybody wanting to take charge of their
favorite modules please speak up!

Mark


On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 at 09:00, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi devs!
>
> Some module reorganization is in order so we can do a better job of a few
> things:
> * expressing the differences between installed, module-interface, and
> module-internal headers through filesystem location
> * using per-module CMake targets for better control of things like
> compilation flags
> * avoiding test binaries depending on all of libgromacs
> * fewer custom CMake functions for managing all the above
>
> Please consider whether you can contribute to the effort, and fill out the
> poll at https://doodle.com/poll/56b26yepmxrhe6ny
>
> The goal for the day is to remove `src/` from all INCLUDE_DIRS by
> reorganizing the module-interface headers and CMakeLists.txt files for all
> modules.
>
> Moving forward, in order for `moduleB` sources to `#include
> "gromacs/moduleA/header.h", the CMakeLists.txt for `moduleB` will need a
> `target_link_libraries(moduleB PRIVATE moduleA)` (or
> `target_link_libraries(moduleB PUBLIC moduleA)`, if `moduleB` needs to
> convey transitive dependency on `moduleA` to moduleC that depends on
> moduleB.
>
> Some preliminary discussion can be found at
> https://gitlab.com/gromacs/gromacs/-/issues/3288 and we have a working
> document at
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L5Ur8HybxqfglKLdaKgYrc1_RMPFtNAM0qpnijUHsb0/edit?usp=sharing
>
> Mark
>
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