Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Modularization: did we get it right?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-09 12:15:32

on Wed May 09 2012, Mathias Gaunard <mathias.gaunard-AT-ens-lyon.org> wrote:

> On 05/09/2012 03:17 PM, Oliver Kowalke wrote:
>>
>>>>> I'm annoyed that I get some additonal burden to re-write this stuff for
>>>>> the new build env again because the old one will not work with the
>>>>> modularized boost.
>>>>
>>>> Once you have run the script, the usual Boost.Build system will work
>>> just
>>>> fine.
>>>
>>> And I've just done that and it did work and the test did pass.
>>> Windows 7 with VC++ 10.0.
>>>
>>
>> And why not provide a wrapper that let the other developers use the old build env with modularized boost?
>
> Boost.Build *is* "the old build env".
>
> I've suggested to the people in charge of modularization to integrate
> the script within Boost.Build itself, so that this step is done
> automatically.

However, the people working on modularization don't really want to touch
Boost.Build, as we have enough on our plates trying to set up CMake as a
potential replacement for Boost.Build and have forgotten more than we
ever knew about how to work with it.  We'd really appreciate it if
someone else would volunteer to do this.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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