Re: [boost] Summer of Code 2006

From: Walter Landry (wlandry_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-19 16:03:48

Rene Rivera <grafik.list_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Julio M. Merino Vidal wrote:
> > Anyway, the "Configure" Boost.Build project caught my eye.  Which could be
> > the requirements for such a tool? 
> 
> I also added a few requirements to that one item. I'll expand the other 
> one a bit later.

Before you start, you should have a look at BuildSystem [1].  It is
used as the configuration engine for PETSc [2], which runs on more
platforms than you can shake a stick at.  It is implemented in Python.
The docs are a bit sketchy, and it still needs work for mere mortals
to be able to use.  In any case, I have implemented it for my
software, which you can get with subversion at

  http://geodynamics.org/svn/cig/long/3D/Gale/trunk

There is a configure.py script, but most of the meat is in the python/
subdirectory.

Cheers,
Walter Landry
wlandry_at_[hidden]

[1] http://sidl.bkbits.net:8080/BuildSystem
[2] http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-as/