Re: [boost] bpm, a tool to install a modular Boost distribution

Subject: Re: [boost] bpm, a tool to install a modular Boost distribution
From: Jürgen Hunold (jhunold_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-05 14:39:59

Hi!

Am Montag, 5. Januar 2015, 17:12:57 schrieb Daniel James:
> On 5 January 2015 at 15:29, Peter Dimov <lists_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > So, if there is interest and there are no objections, I'd like to put this
> > tool into the Boost repository, in tools/bpm.

+1 for the tools.

> IMO we should get out of the habit of adding everything to the Boost
> tree, new tools should be able to live in their own repo. 

+1 from me. 

> I think the
> only reason not to is because Boost.Build is setup to expect that
> they'll be in the tools directory, which doesn't apply here.

I see no reason that tools/bpm can't be a submodule.

> Especially since it aims to stop treating Boost as monolithic.

Yes. That should be a goal.

Yours,

Jürgen
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