CMD_AUTHOR

.. versionadded:: 4.4

.. diagnostic:: :default: warn

Warn about a build system's incorrect use of CMake, or of a CMake interface provided by a dependency. This is the category triggered by :command:message(AUTHOR_WARNING). It is also the ancestor of many other diagnostic categories.

The most important aspect of this category is that it represents issues with a project's build system which typically require alteration to the same. This is to say that users simply trying to build a project obtained elsewhere will typically not be interested in these warnings, except to perhaps report them to the project's developer(s).