Re: [boost] Boost building with CMake

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-05-10 15:06:54

on Thu May 10 2007, "Ames, Andreas (Andreas)" <ames-AT-avaya.com> wrote:

> boost-bounces_at_[hidden]  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> on Wed May 09 2007, "Gennadiy Rozental" 
>> <gennadiy.rozental-AT-thomson.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > 3. Do we (boost developers) really have any problems with BBv2? 
>> 
>> Yes, I do.  I started that project, so I have a vested interest in it.
>> Still, I'm just about ready to stop sinking any more time into it.
>> Just off the top of my head:
>> 
>> - the build process part of bjam is inscrutable even to experts
>> - the language in which it is written is used in no other tool or
>>   project, thus presenting a barrier-to-entry for volunteers.
>
> I'd expect that at least these two objections also apply to CMake.  

Quite the opposite.  CMake doesn't "do" build proceess: it delegates
to lower-level tools like make or your IDE, and AFAIK, it's written in
C++.

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