--- a/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Nov 22 23:20:56 2012 +0400
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	Fri Nov 23 10:43:15 2012 +0100
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 project(hedgewars)
 
 #initialise cmake environment
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0 FATAL_ERROR)
-cmake_policy(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.0)
 FOREACH(hwpolicy CMP0003 CMP0012 CMP0017)
     IF(POLICY ${hwpolicy})
         CMAKE_POLICY(SET ${hwpolicy} NEW)
@@ -11,9 +10,11 @@
 #use available modules, fallback to ours if not present (CMP0017 helps)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules")
 
-#set some default values
-option(NOREVISION "Build Hedgewars without revision information" OFF)
 
+#usually this is set at release time
+option(NOREVISION "Build Hedgewars without revision information [default: off]" OFF)
+
+#set other default values
 option(NOSERVER "Disable gameServer build [default: auto]" OFF)
 option(NOPNG "Disable screenshoot compression [default: auto]" OFF)
 option(NOVIDEOREC "Disable video recording [default: auto]" OFF)
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@
 option(CROSSAPPLE "Enable OSX when not on OSX [default: off]" OFF)
 option(MINIMAL_FLAGS "Respect system flags as much as possible [default: off]" OFF)
 
+
 #detect Mercurial revision (if present)
 IF(NOT NOREVISION)
     set(default_build_type "DEBUG")
@@ -71,7 +73,6 @@
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${bundle_name}/Contents/MacOS/)
     set(DATA_INSTALL_DIR "../Resources/")
     set(target_dir ".")
-    set(minimum_macosx_version "10.6")
 else()
     set(target_dir "bin")
 endif()

--- a/QTfrontend/CMakeLists.txt	Thu Nov 22 23:20:56 2012 +0400
+++ b/QTfrontend/CMakeLists.txt	Fri Nov 23 10:43:15 2012 +0100
@@ -163,8 +163,13 @@
     link_directories(${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH})
 endif()
 
+#when debugging, always prompt a console to see fronted messages
+#TODO: check it doesn't interfere on UNIX
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "RELEASE")
+    set(console_access "WIN32")
+endif(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "RELEASE")
 
-add_executable(hedgewars WIN32
+add_executable(hedgewars ${console_access}
     ${hwfr_src}
     ${hwfr_moc_srcs}
     ${hwfr_hdrs}