Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-18 20:08:51

Edward Diener wrote:
> On 6/18/2017 3:05 PM, Louis Dionne via Boost wrote:
> > The proposal is to add to the Boost library guidelines the requirement 
> > that a XYZConfig.cmake module be provided with the installation of any 
> > Boost.XYZ library. This module would simply export the proper CMake 
> > targets, which would solve the problem of integrating Boost with a 
> > CMake-based build system and would remove the need for the custom 
> > FindBoost support in CMake.
>
> Please give a specific example of what this XYZConfig.cmake module entails 
> ? For a header-only library ? For a built library ? For running tests ? 
> For creating documentation ? Along with some sort of decent explanation of 
> what is going on in each situation.

Yes, I would also like to know. Please give your suggested guideline. What 
should library authors be encouraged/required to actually do?