CTest: Add documentation and release notes for SubmitURL

Help/command/ctest_submit.rst

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Perform the :ref:`CTest Submit Step` as a :ref:`Dashboard Client`.
 ::
 
   ctest_submit([PARTS <part>...] [FILES <file>...]
+               [SUBMIT_URL <url>]
                [HTTPHEADER <header>]
                [RETRY_COUNT <count>]
                [RETRY_DELAY <delay>]
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ The options are:
   Specify an explicit list of specific files to be submitted.
   Each individual file must exist at the time of the call.
 
+``SUBMIT_URL <url>``
+  The ``http`` or ``https`` URL of the dashboard server to send the submission
+  to.  If not given, the :variable:`CTEST_SUBMIT_URL` variable is used.
+
 ``HTTPHEADER <HTTP-header>``
   Specify HTTP header to be included in the request to CDash during submission.
   This suboption can be repeated several times.
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ Submit to CDash Upload API
 ::
 
   ctest_submit(CDASH_UPLOAD <file> [CDASH_UPLOAD_TYPE <type>]
+               [SUBMIT_URL <url>]
                [HTTPHEADER <header>]
                [RETRY_COUNT <count>]
                [RETRY_DELAY <delay>]
@@ -80,5 +86,5 @@ with a content hash of the file. If CDash does not already have the file,
 then it is uploaded. Along with the file, a CDash type string is specified
 to tell CDash which handler to use to process the data.
 
-This signature accepts the ``HTTPHEADER``, ``RETRY_COUNT``, ``RETRY_DELAY``,
-``RETURN_VALUE`` and ``QUIET`` options as described above.
+This signature accepts the ``SUBMIT_URL``, ``HTTPHEADER``, ``RETRY_COUNT``,
+``RETRY_DELAY``, ``RETURN_VALUE`` and ``QUIET`` options as described above.

Help/manual/cmake-variables.7.rst

@@ -574,6 +574,7 @@ Variables for CTest
    /variable/CTEST_RUN_CURRENT_SCRIPT
    /variable/CTEST_SCP_COMMAND
    /variable/CTEST_SITE
+   /variable/CTEST_SUBMIT_URL
    /variable/CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY
    /variable/CTEST_SVN_COMMAND
    /variable/CTEST_SVN_OPTIONS

Help/manual/ctest.1.rst

@@ -1109,38 +1109,45 @@ Configuration settings include:
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``CTEST_CURL_OPTIONS``
 
 ``DropLocation``
-  The path on the dashboard server to send the submission.
+  Legacy option.  When ``SubmitURL`` is not set, it is constructed from
+  ``DropMethod``, ``DropSiteUser``, ``DropSitePassword``, ``DropSite``, and
+  ``DropLocation``.
 
   * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_DROP_LOCATION`
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``DROP_LOCATION`` if set,
     else ``CTEST_DROP_LOCATION``
 
 ``DropMethod``
-  Specify the method by which results should be submitted to the
-  dashboard server.  The value may be ``http`` or ``https``.
+  Legacy option.  When ``SubmitURL`` is not set, it is constructed from
+  ``DropMethod``, ``DropSiteUser``, ``DropSitePassword``, ``DropSite``, and
+  ``DropLocation``.
 
   * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_DROP_METHOD`
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``DROP_METHOD`` if set,
     else ``CTEST_DROP_METHOD``
 
 ``DropSite``
-  The dashboard server name.
+  Legacy option.  When ``SubmitURL`` is not set, it is constructed from
+  ``DropMethod``, ``DropSiteUser``, ``DropSitePassword``, ``DropSite``, and
+  ``DropLocation``.
 
   * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_DROP_SITE`
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``DROP_SITE`` if set,
     else ``CTEST_DROP_SITE``
 
 ``DropSitePassword``
-  The dashboard server login password, if any
-  (for ``ftp``, ``http``, and ``https``).
+  Legacy option.  When ``SubmitURL`` is not set, it is constructed from
+  ``DropMethod``, ``DropSiteUser``, ``DropSitePassword``, ``DropSite``, and
+  ``DropLocation``.
 
   * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_DROP_SITE_PASSWORD`
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``DROP_SITE_PASSWORD`` if set,
     else ``CTEST_DROP_SITE_PASWORD``
 
 ``DropSiteUser``
-  The dashboard server login user name, if any
-  (for ``ftp``, ``http``, and ``https``).
+  Legacy option.  When ``SubmitURL`` is not set, it is constructed from
+  ``DropMethod``, ``DropSiteUser``, ``DropSitePassword``, ``DropSite``, and
+  ``DropLocation``.
 
   * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_DROP_SITE_USER`
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``DROP_SITE_USER`` if set,
@@ -1166,6 +1173,14 @@ Configuration settings include:
   * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``SITE``,
     initialized by the :command:`site_name` command
 
+``SubmitURL``
+  The ``http`` or ``https`` URL of the dashboard server to send the submission
+  to.
+
+  * `CTest Script`_ variable: :variable:`CTEST_SUBMIT_URL`
+  * :module:`CTest` module variable: ``SUBMIT_URL`` if set,
+    else ``CTEST_SUBMIT_URL``
+
 ``TriggerSite``
   Legacy option.  Not used.
 

Help/release/dev/ctest-submit-url.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+ctest-submit-url
+----------------
+
+* CTest learned to accept the dashboard server submission URL from a single
+  variable.  See the ``SubmitURL`` setting in :manual:`ctest(1)`,
+  the :variable:`CTEST_SUBMIT_URL` variable, and the ``SUBMIT_URL``
+  argument of the :command:`ctest_submit` command.

Help/variable/CTEST_SUBMIT_URL.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+CTEST_SUBMIT_URL
+----------------
+
+Specify the CTest ``SubmitURL`` setting
+in a :manual:`ctest(1)` dashboard client script.

Modules/CTest.cmake

@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ To enable submissions to a CDash server, create a ``CTestConfig.cmake``
 file at the top of the project with content such as::
 
   set(CTEST_NIGHTLY_START_TIME "01:00:00 UTC")
-  set(CTEST_DROP_METHOD "http")
-  set(CTEST_DROP_SITE "my.cdash.org")
-  set(CTEST_DROP_LOCATION "/submit.php?project=MyProject")
-  set(CTEST_DROP_SITE_CDASH TRUE)
+  set(CTEST_SUBMIT_URL "http://my.cdash.org/submit.php?project=MyProject")
 
 (the CDash server can provide the file to a project administrator who
 configures ``MyProject``).  Settings in the config file are shared by