Re: [boost] Boost.Build changes for 1.38

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Build changes for 1.38
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-03 11:23:09

on Mon Nov 03 2008, Vladimir Prus <vladimir-AT-codesourcery.com> wrote:

> In other words, the statement that folks want "configure; make; make
> install" is not accurate -- they also assume autoconf +
> automake. Providing configure actually makes a false impression, and
> whereas we can counter this impression by making configure produce big
> warnings that it's not real configure, we can just as well use
> different name.

I find most of your arguments convincing.  The only thing I wonder about
is discoverability.  If you call it configure, *nix people know where to
start.  If you call it something else, I guess you still have a
README.txt and an INSTALL.txt, so maybe it doesn't matter.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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