Re: [boost] boost development process / scope

From: Doug Gregor (dgregor_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-07 11:09:05

On May 7, 2007, at 10:46 AM, Eric Niebler wrote:

> Doug Gregor wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> The question, as always is, if we "buy" into a different system---
>> say, CMake---will we end up saving ourselves and our users more time
>> overall? I suspect that with CMake and DART, the answer is "yes".
>> However, like Eric, I just don't have the time to make this happen...
>> and I'm a little reluctant given my previous failed attempt.
>
> Why did your previous attempt fail?

Dart failed to gain traction because the client involves Tcl scripts,  
and there was a significant resistance to requiring regression  
testers to have Tcl installed on their systems.

With CMake... I don't recall what happened.

        - Doug