Re: [boost] Re: Why Jam?

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-26 12:00:49

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From: "braden_mcdaniel" <braden_at_[hidden]>

> > * How can I (or we, the Boost developers in general) help?
>
> You could learn the autotools. :-)

As a build system developer, it would probably be a good idea for me to do
that eventually. I found the documentation really daunting last time I
looked, though. Is there an easy way in?

> If you don't want to do that, then
> I'd say just keep an autotools build person informed when the
> requirements change for your library's build.

Why don't we just have the interested autotools parties set up a CVS watch
on the Jamfiles? Less chance of errors that way...