Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Just another GSoC project idea: Create a Bjam clone based on the Boost libraries
From: Stephen Kelly (hello_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-02-16 16:16:25

Niall Douglas wrote:
> In my past, non-Boost, projects I simply included the CMake output in
> the source repo. That solved the bootstrapping problem for those
> without CMake installed i.e. usually the end users, not library
> developers. I certainly found no problem with this approach,

I'm surprised that approach worked in any case at all. CMake buildsystems 
invoke the cmake executable for various things. You can find all kinds of 
trolling because of that.

Thanks,

Steve.