CMake build: Do not write versions etc into the cache

The user is not supposed to change these via configuration.
If they are written to the cache, version bumps do not take effect
automatically, resulting in quite some hassle.

Change-Id: Ibaf9dba02114da1cbc3ec2210ae7c3328f35bb1f
Reviewed-by: Cristian Adam <cristian.adam@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Eike Ziller <eike.ziller@qt.io>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2280aee823..73800c329d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,23 +5,22 @@ include(FeatureSummary)
 #BINARY_ARTIFACTS_BRANCH = master
 #PROJECT_USER_FILE_EXTENSION = .user
 
-set(IDE_VERSION "4.9.83" CACHE STRING "The IDE version.")
-set(IDE_VERSION_COMPAT "4.9.83" CACHE STRING "The IDE Compatibility version.")
-set(IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY "4.10.0-beta2" CACHE STRING "The IDE display version.")
-set(IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2019" CACHE STRING "The IDE copyright year.")
+set(IDE_VERSION "4.9.83")               # The IDE version.
+set(IDE_VERSION_COMPAT "4.9.83")        # The IDE Compatibility version.
+set(IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY "4.10.0-beta2") # The IDE display version.
+set(IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "2019")          # The IDE copyright year.
+
+set(IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT "QtProject")                  # The IDE settings variation.
+set(IDE_COPY_SETTINGSVARIANT "Nokia")                 # The IDE settings to initially import.
+set(IDE_DISPLAY_NAME "Qt Creator")                    # The IDE display name.
+set(IDE_ID "qtcreator")                               # The IDE id (no spaces, lowercase!)
+set(IDE_CASED_ID "QtCreator")                         # The cased IDE id (no spaces!)
+set(IDE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "org.qt-project.${IDE_ID}") # The macOS application bundle identifier.
 
 set(IDE_REVISION FALSE CACHE BOOL "Marks the presence of IDE revision string.")
 set(IDE_REVISION_STR "" CACHE STRING "The IDE revision string.")
-set(IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT "QtProject" CACHE STRING "The IDE settings variation.")
-set(IDE_COPY_SETTINGSVARIANT "Nokia" CACHE STRING "The IDE settings to initially import.")
-set(IDE_DISPLAY_NAME "Qt Creator" CACHE STRING "The IDE display name.")
-set(IDE_ID "qtcreator" CACHE STRING "The IDE id (no spaces, lowercase!)")
-set(IDE_CASED_ID "QtCreator" CACHE STRING "The cased IDE id (no spaces!)")
-set(IDE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER "org.qt-project.${IDE_ID}" CACHE STRING "The macOS application bundle identifier.")
 
-mark_as_advanced(IDE_VERSION_COMPAT IDE_VERSION_DISPLAY IDE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR
-  IDE_REVISION IDE_REVISION_STR IDE_SETTINGSVARIANT IDE_COPY_SETTINGSVARIANT
-  IDE_DISPLAY_NAME IDE_ID IDE_CASED_ID IDE_BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER)
+mark_as_advanced(IDE_REVISION IDE_REVISION_STR)
 
 project(QtCreator VERSION ${IDE_VERSION})
 
@@ -154,15 +153,15 @@ else ()
   set(_IDE_BIN_PATH "bin")
 endif ()
 
-set(IDE_APP_PATH "${_IDE_APP_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The target path of the IDE application (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_APP_TARGET "${_IDE_APP_TARGET}" CACHE PATH "The IDE application name.")
-set(IDE_PLUGIN_PATH "${_IDE_PLUGIN_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE plugin path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_LIBRARY_BASE_PATH "${_IDE_LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE library base path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_LIBRARY_PATH "${_IDE_LIBRARY_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE library path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH "${_IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE libexec path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_DATA_PATH "${_IDE_DATA_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE data path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_DOC_PATH "${_IDE_DOC_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE documentation path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
-set(IDE_BIN_PATH "${_IDE_BIN_PATH}" CACHE PATH "The IDE bin path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).")
+set(IDE_APP_PATH "${_IDE_APP_PATH}")                    # The target path of the IDE application (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_APP_TARGET "${_IDE_APP_TARGET}")                # The IDE application name.
+set(IDE_PLUGIN_PATH "${_IDE_PLUGIN_PATH}")              # The IDE plugin path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_LIBRARY_BASE_PATH "${_IDE_LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}")  # The IDE library base path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_LIBRARY_PATH "${_IDE_LIBRARY_PATH}")            # The IDE library path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH "${_IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}")            # The IDE libexec path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_DATA_PATH "${_IDE_DATA_PATH}")                  # The IDE data path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_DOC_PATH "${_IDE_DOC_PATH}")                    # The IDE documentation path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
+set(IDE_BIN_PATH "${_IDE_BIN_PATH}")                    # The IDE bin path (relative to CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX).
 
 file(RELATIVE_PATH RELATIVE_PLUGIN_PATH "/${IDE_BIN_PATH}" "/${IDE_PLUGIN_PATH}")
 file(RELATIVE_PATH RELATIVE_LIBEXEC_PATH "/${IDE_BIN_PATH}" "/${IDE_LIBEXEC_PATH}")