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Subject: Re: [boost] ryppl and cmake
From: joel falcou (joel.falcou_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-24 13:47:00


Eric Niebler wrote:
> It's not totally unmaintained, but your point is a fair one and I'm
> surprised nobody responded. Before we could consider switching to
> something like ryppl and cmake, it needs to be proven *and* there needs
> to some folks (plural) committed to maintaining it long-term. To that
> end, I'm throwing my hat in the ring. I'll be moving to Boston for the
> summer to help Dave turn ryppl/cmake into a viable alternative. Dave and
> I are both here for the long-term and are deeply invested in making
> Boost just work.
>
> Also, KitWare has donated one man-month over the next year to helping
> make this happen. They'll add any features to CMake/CTest/CDash/CPack we
> deem necessary.
>
Just askign around. Can't ryppl be CVS agnostic ? or at least support
stuff like Mercurial and Bazaar
as an option ? It seems counterproductive to be tied to git for the
distribution part.

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