Re: [boost] [1.40.0] Release candidates available

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.40.0] Release candidates available
From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-26 15:37:29

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]>wrote:

1. Every library uses it's own custom convention for checking and reporting,
> and
> 2. No single document lists all the options.
>
> I actually have an action item to cleanup (1) for 1.41, and probably should
> address (2) as well. Does anybody have an opinion if a new section should
> be added to getting started, or if we need a new document "Building Boost"
> that describes things you find in output of "bjam --help" as well as
> the configuration options?

Perhaps add a new "Options" section to Getting Started. I think that would
be a big help.

The problem with a new "Building Boost" document is that it overlaps
"Getting Started" so much that (1) people won't know which doc to look in,
and (2) it will cause maintenance problems in that any changes would have to
be reflected in both documents.

--Beman