Re: The deadline for Major changes for Boost 1.77.0 is TODAY!

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-07-04 19:08:50

Rob Boehne wrote:
> That is unfortunate.  We are using the IBM xlclang++ compiler front-end, and
> boost's current build system can't do anything with it.  Fixing that looks like a
> fairly large project, so I am planning on waiting until CMake can build it.
> If the source distributions contain CMakeList.txt files for the subset of boost
> libraries we use on AIX, we might still be able to use it.   Is there a post or page
> where can I find more information about the project to switch to CMake, and
> perhaps get involved?

No post or page, but you can try to build the develop branch and see how it
goes.

If you encounter any issues, this is the proper place to report them.

(Releases are built from the master branch, which will close for beta on
Wednesday.)