Re: [boost] [BBv1->v2] Attention Library Authors

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-14 12:16:31

Joel de Guzman <joel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>> Please clear out your old BBv1 Jamfiles from HEAD.  We found a problem
>> where BBv2 was picking up an old Jamfile that was only designed to
>> work with BBv1 (the name Jamfile.v2 is just a transitional measure, so
>> BBv2 will find Jamfile if no Jamfile.v2 is present).
>
> I'm not sure I understand. Do you want "Jamfile.v2" files to be renamed
> to "Jamfile"? 

You can, but it's not necessary.  BBv2 still works with Jamfile.v2,
and renaming files while preserving revision history doesn't work so
well with CVS.  I intended to wait for SVN before we do that renaming.

> If not, then I did it incorrectly with fusion and I'll need to
> revert.

I think what you did was OK.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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