Re: [boost] Git Modularization Ready for Review

Subject: Re: [boost] Git Modularization Ready for Review
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-22 02:29:01

On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]
> wrote:

> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:08 PM, Dave Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Daniel and I are ready to accept your feedback on the results of
>> modularization, and especially your pull requests containing edits to
>> the ruleset.  I will the steering committee to establish a formal review
>> period, though.
>>
>
> I'm not sure if this is a problem and should be fixed, but Boost.Log
> currently uses some configuration projects that reside in Boost.Context
> (while Boost.Context itself is not used). Basically,
> libs/log/build/log-architecture.jam uses /boost/architecture//* projects
> that happen to reside in libs/context/config. I know, hijacking configure
> projects like that may not be a good thing but it seemed better than
> duplicating them in Boost.Log. Also, /boost/architecture//* doesn't imply
> any relation to Boost.Context in the first place. Additionally, I have a
> few configure projects of my own in libs/log/config that might be useful
> for other libraries.
>
> So, what I'm asking is:
>
> 1. Will this work after modulatization? Does it mean that Boost.Log will
> not compile without Boost.Context?
> 2. Maybe it's worth to move all such configure projects to some common
> place accessible to all libraries? What that place could be?
>

Ping? Any opinions on this?