Re: [boost] [ot] choosing a build system

Subject: Re: [boost] [ot] choosing a build system
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-10 06:05:08

On 09/05/12 20:17, Dave Abrahams wrote:
>
> on Tue May 08 2012, Steven Watanabe<watanabesj-AT-gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> AMDG
>>
>> On 05/08/2012 04:18 PM, Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.scons.org/wiki/SconsVsOtherBuildTools
>>>
>>> P.S.: There's this quote from [1]: "The Boost.Build team is seriously
>>> considering the use of Scons as its low-level build substrate." How long
>>> ago was this?
>>>
>>
>> This has never been under consideration
>> in my memory.  It was probably confused
>> with the Python port of Boost.Build.
>
> No, it's accurate, just very outdated.

I would say that 'seriously', in that quote, is indeed inaccurate. This never
was considered more seriously than "if SCons ever becomes performant enough,
we might look at it".

- Volodya