Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'

Subject: Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'
From: David Sankel (camior_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-17 13:06:15

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Andrey Semashev <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> I think whatever outcome of this discussion is, it should put all build
> systems in the same
> conditions. If the guideline is to put everything build-related into the
> build subdirectory
> then this should concern every build system a library happens to use,
> including
> Boost.Build, CMake, Makefiles, IDE projects and whatnot. If it's the
> library root then,
> again, all build system files should be there.
>

Not all build systems are the same nor should they be treated as such. bjam
is how boost is built. CMake is the build system that "won" C++.

-- David Sankel