Re: [boost] [1.34.0] Boost.Build

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-12 12:32:23

Nicola Musatti <Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Boost.Build is not a Boost library. 
>> It's a tool Boost uses to make the the distribution and building easier. 
>> I.e. BB is independent of the Boost releases.
>
> If it is then it should have been developed separately, tested,
> released and only then integrated into Boost, at the start of the
> first subsequent release cycle.

Sorry you weren't around to tell us how to do it right when we started
the project.  We did the best we could with the knowledge we had at
the time.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
www.boost-consulting.com