[boost] Boost.Build V2, Milestone 9 released

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-11-06 04:08:22

I'm pleased to announce that the next milestone release of Boost.Build V2 is 
available at

    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/boost/boost-build-2.0-m9.tar.bz2
    http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/boost/boost-build-2.0-m9.zip

See also 

    http://boost.sourceforge.net/boost-build2/

for online docs (a copy is included in distribution). 

Changes in this release

    - Putting library in sources of other library now works even for static
      linking, which makes expressing library->library dependency much
      simpler.
    - Performance was considerably improved.      
    - Regression testing framework now works on windows.
    - The "alias" rule can have usage requirements and passes on usage
      requirements of sources.
    - The "stage" rule can traverse dependencies.
    - Support for "def files" was implemented.
    - Targets paths are now shorter.
    - Darwin toolset was improved.

The following bugs were fixed:

    - It was not possible to specify empty suffix for a target type derived
      from other type.
    - The stage rules used to generate incorrect suffix in some cases.
    - It was possible to load Jamfile twice. 
    - The 'use-project' rule was broken when referring to a child project.
    - Use of composite properties in requirements did not work.

Developer visible changes:

    - New CALC builtin, which considerable improves performance.
    - Source layout was reorganized.
    - Handling of response file was simplified.

Thanks to Pedro Ferreira, Kirill Lapshin, Andre Hentz, Paul Lin, 
Jurgen Hunold, Christopher Currie, and Brock Peabody, who contributed to 
this release.

- Volodya