Re: [boost] [1.41] boost-cmake leaving svn

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.41] boost-cmake leaving svn
From: S Roderick (kiwi.2008_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-15 08:52:24

On Oct 15, 2009, at 07:45 , Edouard A. wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:15:07 +0100, pete_at_[hidden] wrote:
>
>> I don't see it that way.  We have 115 people on the boost-cmake
>> list,
>> and a bunch of them were really helpful (thanks guys) in tuning up
>> the
>> build for 1.40.0, and we'll do it again in a few weeks for 1.41.0.
>> Participation has been signficantly wider than when it was just Doug
>> and
>> I.   There are docs, happy users, all that stuff.
>
> Just wanted to say that we switched to CMake to build boost (as we use
> CMake for our project as well) and never looked back.
>
> We've successfully built in FreeBSD, Linux and Windows (all 32 and  
> 64 bit
> flavours).
>
> We're very happy with CMake support in Boost and we hope the train  
> will
> continue to move forward.

We didn't even know there was a CMake option for boost, but we will  
happily change over to that from the existing build system. Thanks to  
all those who got this working!

Stephen