Re: [boost] [1.36.0] Getting Started changes (ticket #1744 plus other fixes)

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-11 15:07:16

on Mon Aug 11 2008, Vladimir Prus <vladimir-AT-codesourcery.com> wrote:

> Beman Dawes wrote:
>
>>> I worked *extremely* hard to make sure that the instructions as they now
>>> stand will *not* cause people to run into stupid issues that prevent
>>> them from getting started with Boost or decide that Boost is hard to
>>> use, and it's very frustrating to see the potential problems taken so
>>> lightly.
>> 
>> I agree. This was the straw that broke the camel's back as far as I'm
>> concerned. I've lost all interest in supporting the current Boost.Build
>> system and look forward to moving one hundred percent to something
>> better, more responsive to user needs, and less likely to break the
>> release process at unexpected moments.
>
> Hmm? The behavior change been discussed happened for 1.35. And if you
> read the discussion in #1744, I'll be happy to help with whatever behaviour
> change is desired, as soon as everybody agrees on what behaviour should be
> (and reading the comments does not leave me with impression that any concrete
> suggestion was made, by anybody). 

Rene made a concrete suggestion in
http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1744#comment:15

> The problem here, apparently, is in the 
> process, whereby:
>
> - The folks who discussed behaviour change for 1.35 did not communicate to
> Dave that getting-started needs to be adjusted. 

Right.

> - Dave did not communicate to you that he considers this issue critical

I'm sorry, yes, I did.  At least, I made what I think of as valiant
efforts to do so.

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Dave Abrahams
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