Re: [boost] [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

Subject: Re: [boost] [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-04 14:50:14

On 2/3/2016 11:39 PM, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
> Hi Edward,
>
> Edward Diener <eldiener_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
>> You might gain interest in your product with a general introduction of
>> functionality.
>
> That was the goal of the Toolchain Introduction doc. Or was it not
> detailed enough?

That is not a general overview. Instead it is a tutorial and like most 
tutorials without an overview it is a total failure because the end-user 
has no idea whatsoever what your product does and what are the various 
components of your product.

>
>
>> You might gain more interest in your product if you related its general
>> functionality to that of Boost Build and/or CMake.
>
> Yes, learned that, thanks. I now have no doubt what the first question
> in our FAQ should be. ;-)
>
> Boris