Re: [boost] Boost.Build: an invitation

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-22 10:02:28

David Abrahams wrote:

>> Do you have already a complete picture of how using external libraries 
>> will be done?

> I have made some (mental) progress with that, but we need to talk about it.
> I am busy adding core Jam language features, but when I get done with this
> final feature (a module system), I am going to stop that and we should
> begin discussiong the build system architecture again. My sense is that it
> would be a good exercise for you to try doing all of the above work, and
> most of the implementation will be re-usable in the new architechture.
>
> How does that sound?
Good. I hope to make some progress with suggested todo items soon. And here's 
another question: with current unit-test rule the unit test binary is removed 
if it fails, which makes debugging that binary inconvenient. And jam has no 
explicit way to prevent removing the target. Could an action modifier be 
added to handle this, e.g "noremove" or "precious"? It appears to be 
reasonable addition which won't break anything.

Regards,
Vladimir