> currently to link Midas to project one has to do several steps ...

this information is incorrect. please read https://daq00.triumf.ca/elog-midas/Midas/2258

a very simple way to use link MIDAS using midas-targets.cmake has been implemented a long time ago.

before proposing a new way of doing things, it would be nice to hear about shortcomings
of the existing stuff. A simple "Konstantin's way sucks" or "this is not the cmake way!"
would have been sufficient.

K.O.