Re: [boost] [CMake] what to do now?

Subject: Re: [boost] [CMake] what to do now?
From: Paul Fultz II (pfultz2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-15 18:46:20

On Friday, April 15, 2016 at 4:17:11 PM UTC-5, Glen Fernandes wrote:
>
> Paul wrote: 
> > This would be unfortunate, as it would make it a pain to use a lot of 
> > tools(cmake, travis, appveyor, etc) with boost libraries just because of 
> > an 
> > arbitrary rule 15 years ago. 
>
> Right. It would be better if the Boost guidelines were less restrictive. 
>
> The approach I would prefer is: Instead of restricting the contents of the 
> library repository root directory, restrict the contents of the '.boost' 
> (or 
> 'boost', or 'meta') directory. There should be sufficient specification in 
> there to inform the Boost build and release process about the library. 
>

I agree.
 

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