Re: [boost] Boost.Build files at superproject root

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Build files at superproject root
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-31 10:51:47

On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 9:48 AM, Jürgen Hunold <jhunold_at_gmx.eu> wrote:

> Hi Peter,
>
> Am Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 2014, 17:35:18 schrieb Peter Dimov:
> > Currently, the Boost root contains the following files:
> >
> >     boost-build.jam
> >     boostcpp.jam
> >     boostcpp.py
> >     bootstrap.bat
> >     bootstrap.sh
> >     Jamroot
> >
> > which are part of Boost.Build and so their rightful place is in the
> > submodule.
>
> No, they are needed to _build_ all other Boost libraries. They are not
> part of
> Boost.Build itself, which works fine without those files.
>
> They are like the individual Jamfile{.v2} which are needed to build and
> test
> the libraries.
>
> > Would it be possible to move them there, and leave only minimal
> forwarding
> > shims (that would never need to change) in the superproject?
>
> There are where they belong. They define some important things like global
> version number, build directories etc. pp. which are common to all Boost
> libraries.
>

I was in the middle of replying to say essentially the same :-) So.. +1.

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