Re: [boost] Status of Visual Studio 2017 support

Subject: Re: [boost] Status of Visual Studio 2017 support
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-02-21 12:38:14

On 21 February 2017 at 13:29, Paul A. Bristow via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Bo Persson via Boost
>> Sent: 21 February 2017 10:17
>>
>> [...]
>> Even if we know how to do it, we might not want to.
>>
>> Usually on Windows you click on Setup.exe and get a list of options on
>> what you can install. You can see what is available, and select the
>> parts you want.
>>
>> That is a lot easier, and more confortable, than reading some
>> documentation to try to come up with an incantation like
>>
>> b2 toolset=msvc-12.0,msvc-14.0
>>
>>
>> Some of us think that C:\> on a black background perhaps isn't the
>> ultimate user experience.
>
> So are you offering to build a GUI that will output the necessary command line after choosing from the myriad of options?  Doesn't
> sound rocket-science for those that know about these things?  GSoC task?

FYI, some time ago I developed a (working!) prototype of Boost.Build
support for Qt Creator
Among number of features, it does exactly that - fills the b2 command
line with options.
For example, to distinguish build vs clean target, debug vs release
configuration build, etc.

https://github.com/mloskot/qt-creator-plugin-boostbuild/

Perhaps some GSoC'ers would be interested to pick it up and move forward.

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net