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Introduce `DESCRIPTION` parameter for `project()` call.

Alex Turbov requested to merge (removed):feature/add-project-description into master

It is quite often the project description has used in a real world software. Examples are:

  • part of a help screen of the application
  • builtin resources (*.rc files, data for "About" dialog of a GUI app, & etc)
  • most generators for CPack can use it
  • it could be used by documentary software (Doxygen, Sphinx) which is usually integrated to CMake based projects via add_custom_target()

Now project() call learned an optional DESCRIPTION parameter with a short string describing a project. Being specified, it would set the PROJECT_DESCRIPTION variable which could be used in configure_file() or whatever user wants. Also PROJECT_DESCRIPTION is a default value for CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY.

Topic-rename: project-description

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