Re: [boost] Boost Cmake Modules

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Cmake Modules
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-01-12 10:19:41

> So does anyone have any feedback on this setup? If you had ideas, or
> would like to help update boost libraries, contributions are
> welcome.

Given the other reply to this describing their boost cmake design, I
guess I'd better mention boost-lite's:

* 100% cmake3 based (and uses "modern cmake" throughout) with no other
tooling needed
* Autodiscovers any library with the boost directory layout
* Autodiscovers any tests you have and sets them up with ctest
* Provides out of the box CI ctest scripting which uploads results to a
CDash for your project and updates your github website with the output
from doxygen
* Automatically uses C++ Modules and precompiled headers where available
* Automatically configures clang-tidy, asan, tsan, msan and ubsan
sanitiser targets
* Automatically matches git SHA in dependent git subrepos in flat
dependency configurations
* Automatically merges any develop commit passing all tests on all
platforms according to CDash into master branch
* Automatically packages up your library and publishes it to tarball,
vcpkg (with ubuntu launchpad and homebrew in progress right now)
* Libraries based on this are 100% standalone, when you clone the git
repo or unpack the tarball you are 100% ready to go. Nothing else
needed, not even configure and build. No arcane command line programs to
run.
* 99% compatible with VS2017's new cmake project support (I have some
bugs to file with them). It's very close to working perfectly.

I wouldn't recommend that anyone else use it yet. It is very much a work
in progress, but all the above is working, and you can see it in action
in proposed Boost.Outcome. It also has nil documentation.

Niall

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