Re: [boost] Modularized CMake-able Boost (was: Respecting a projects toolchain decisions)

Subject: Re: [boost] Modularized CMake-able Boost (was: Respecting a projects toolchain decisions)
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-28 20:47:46

At Mon, 27 Dec 2010 12:12:30 +0100,
Daniel Pfeifer wrote:
> 
> Could you describe the role of this "CMake-guy" in more detail?

* Marcus Hanwell of Kitware did a bunch of work on CMake builds for
  modularized boost, but we never got to the point that *everything*
  built, installed, and passed the tests.  I'm not up-to-speed on the
  specifics of which parts worked and which didn't, but Eric filed
  some bug reports someplace.  He also prepared a dashboard
  (http://my.cdash.org/index.php?project=Ryppl)
  More details at
  http://groups.google.com/group/ryppl-dev/browse_thread/thread/bd42cdc422f9c289/c4dd181a340ef0b2?#c4dd181a340ef0b2

* Denis Arnaud has been maintaining a (non-modularized) Boost-CMake
  distribution; it's being used for packaging boost for one of the
  Linux distros, IIUC.  see
  https://groups.google.com/group/ryppl-dev/browse_thread/thread/4e2ffe397d03eaee?hl=en
  for details.

* Someone who really knows CMake needs to pull these efforts together
  and get them into solid working condition.

* Ideally we'd be able to compare the results from the current Boost
  testing matrix with those generated for the new system

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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