On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Tim St. Clair <timothysc@gmail.com> wrote:

Folks -

I've heard various mumblings from sources regarding the future of BJAM, and I would honestly like to know what the verdict is.

Dave Abrahams suggested in the Future of Boost session that it seems likely Boost will move away from bjam at some future point. When that will be isn't clear.

I've also heard a lot of smack about it, which I consider to be more dogma then anything. Also, I must say, as a cross platform developer I have yet to find it's equal, and would perfer to illuminate

It may be, but for every person that thinks like you there's some or more that have issues with bjam.

dogma where it may exist, vs. throwing up our arms hold heartedly. If that means developing a users guide to help "boost" them into bjam, then I would be happy to contribute.

I think the predominate issue is the maintenance of the build system itself -- there are very few people that can maintain boost build and we'd rather not be in the tools business where other options exist.

HTH,

Jeff