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From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-06 05:46:10


Nicola Musatti wrote:

> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> [...]
>> I doubt Boost.Build can be decoupled much more. We have our own mailing
>> list, our own issue tracker, our own webpage and our own releases.
>>
>> The only coupling is that Boost.Build lives in Boost CVS, and I'm not
>> sure if that's bad thing, or good thing.
>
> The problem is that from the outside it is often unclear which problems
> concern BB itself and which concern its use. If you allow me a parallel,
> it is hard to distinguish when you fix make from when you fix the
> makefiles.

So, you suggest it would be better to freeze Boost.Build version used
by a particular Boost release, which would mean that in case of
any issues you get to fix Jamfiles?

- Volodya


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