Re: [boost] [locale] Review: Build

Subject: Re: [boost] [locale] Review: Build
From: Artyom (artyomtnk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-04-16 15:45:57

----- Original Message ----
> From: Gevorg Voskanyan <v_gevorg_at_[hidden]>
> > Actually it says use spaces   instead of tabs and use tabs of 4...
> > This line saves me lots of headache  all  over the code.
> 
> 
> Yes, but still there are tab characters  physically in the file, and 
> Boost.Inspect will not like that.

Ok, I'll check, I may missed some.

> > > As a Boost.Build  user I  would  see it very beneficial when using 
> >Boost.Locale 
> >
> > >to 
> > >
> > > be able to have ICU  build  from source with BB just like  the other 3rd 
>party 
>
> >
> > > libraries commonly are.  For it to work   Boost.Locale Jamfile can check if 
>a 
>
> 
> > > project /icu is   available,  and if so use /icu//icu as source and skip 
>ICU 
>
> > >  configuration   checking together with options for linking to prebuilt  
>ICU.
> > > I can  prepare and  propose a patch for this if that  scheme is OK with  
>you.
> > > 
> > 
> > By no  means.
> 
> 
> Why? It would take only about 5 lines of code to support  that.

What do you mean? To start native ICU build?

> 
> > ICU is very-very complex library that  has its own  autotools based
> > build system that by no means can be easily (if  at  all) ported
> > to BBv2.
> 
> 
> Perhaps not easily, but I'm sure it's  doable.
> 

If somebody like Vladimir Prus does it it may be doable
but not with current state of BB documentation.

> > I have enough bad times with BB building a   relatively
> > simple library Boost.Locale... 
> 
> 
> I was not  suggesting for *you* to port ICU to BB, of course not. I understand 

> it's not  a trivial task, and I remember well the struggle you went through to 

> have  Boost.Locale to build with BB. BTW, thanks for not giving up in the 
>middle! 
>
> Your persistence with bringing Boost.Locale to where it is now benefited the 
> community. And it would not be polite, to put it mildly, had someone asked  you 
>
> to do that porting.
> 
> So what is the problem for Boost.Locale to  accommodate to a user who has ICU 
> ported to BBv2 for his needs?
> 

If someone ports it would be very good.

In any case there are rumors in ICU mailing lists on 
the fact that it may move to CMake which would make it
much easier to integrate it with probably the
next version of Boost's build system.

Best,
  Artyom