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

From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-08-11 15:23:16

David Abrahams wrote:

> 
> 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

To which you've agreed, and then, in 

    http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/1744#comment:21

some other alternative is proposed, as a better one.

>> 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.

Apparently, this issue came as surprise to Beman, anyway?

- Volodya