# Why did "cmake-developer" change its contents since version 3.14?

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-did-cmake-developer-change-its-contents-since-version-3-14/8321
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [June 13, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-did-cmake-developer-change-its-contents-since-version-3-14/8321 "2023-06-13T10:48:22Z")
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### Author: ![hwhsu1231](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/hwhsu1231/32/5358_2.png) [@hwhsu1231](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/hwhsu1231)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 10:48am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-did-cmake-developer-change-its-contents-since-version-3-14/8321/1 "2023-06-13T10:48:22Z")

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I noticed that the contents of “cmake-developer” did a big change since version 3.14. Can I ask why CMake Team did this change?

The following contents is of [version 3.14](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.14/manual/cmake-developer.7.html):

![image](https://discourse.cmake.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/afc385716144cdbd3bb30083683d4794bf32dc88.png)

The following contents is of [version 3.13](https://cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.13/manual/cmake-developer.7.html):

 ![image](https://discourse.cmake.org/uploads/default/original/2X/a/a307d827dd9a55c93381a785ce44798a8a3865a7.png)

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### Author: ![brad.king](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/brad.king/32/11_2.png) [@brad.king](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/brad.king)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2023, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/why-did-cmake-developer-change-its-contents-since-version-3-14/8321/2 "2023-06-13T14:52:47Z")

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Prior to 3.14, the `cmake-developer(7)` manual contained a mix of information for developing CMake modules at large, and for development of CMake itself. The latter has moved to `Help/dev/` in the source tree and is no longer part of the distributed documentation.