On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Doug Gregor <
doug.gregor@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Beman Dawes <
bdawes@acm.org> wrote:
> What is the status of using CMake to run regression tests?
>
> What is the status of using CMake to run developers local tests?
> Until CMake is ready to take over both of those tasks, I don't want to see
> it merged into trunk. It will just cause confusion.
>
> I'm very concerned that Rene and I will have the CMake stuff dumped on us
> long before it is ready to take over from Boost.Build. If it isn't in trunk,
> then that won't happen. But if it is in trunk then there will be pressure to
> use it, even if not ready for prime time.
Boost.Build version 2 was in the trunk for literally years before we
made the switch, and I don't recall that it caused all that much
confusion.
Perhaps "confusion" is the wrong word. Putting Boost.Build version 2 in the trunk caused many people to assume it was in far better shape than it actually was. That led to a premature switch to Boost.Build version 2. That led to a serious delay in getting releases out.
Having CMake in the trunk brings us real benefits, and of
course it will be clearly marked "experimental" or "in-progress".