Re: [boost] Summer of Code 2006

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-04-26 09:57:23

On Friday 21 April 2006 17:07, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> > Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> >>>         using gcc : 4.0 : g++ ;
> >>>         using gcc : 4.1 : path/to/g++-4.1 ;
> >>>
> >>> couldn't be much easier.
> >>
> >> Well, to be honest, some simple python script, or python-style
> >> function with keyword-arguments calling conventions would be much
> >> more intuitive.
> >
> > If you're talking about syntax matters, then it's a beated horse. Are you
> > willing to join the V2-to-Python porting effort?
>
> Do you have any references where I can learn more about this ? I know we
> already talked about it in the past, but I have only a very vague idea
> about what it actually means.

The only thing I can point to is instructions for getting that port:

   https://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/wiki/PythonPort

It's very early version, so don't expect much from it. Basically, the idea is 
to rewrite high-level part of Boost.Build, while retaining the underlying 
build engine and (initially), Jamfile syntax. After that, we can consider 
allowing Python build description files.

- Volodya