Re: [boost] [1.34.0] Boost.Build

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-11 17:21:59

Rene Rivera wrote:
> Nicola Musatti wrote:
[...]
> We did do that for BBv2, or I should say mostly Volodya has done that. 
> BBv2 has had releases now for more than 3 years 
> <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586&package_id=80982>. 
> And has seen most of it's use outside Boost for those 3 years.

I'm aware of that and I can imagine the amount of work that went into 
it. However it looks like it was integrated into Boost and used to 
replace v1 way to soon. As it is the impression is that the price of 
this integration is being paid by all those that are cooperating in 
trying and complete 1.34 . Even this wouldn't be so bad had it taken 
place right after 1.33.1 (or 1.34, for that matter) was released.

As it is completing the switch when the release is some six months 
behind of schedule is only going to cause further delays. Moreover the 
fact that this switch had actually started many months ago - witness 
Dave Abrahams stating that he stopped updating v1 Jamfiles long ago - is 
just additional indication that this has been badly mishandled.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti