Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake

Subject: Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake
From: P F (pfultz2_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-18 21:43:04

> On Jun 18, 2017, at 4:05 PM, Daniel James via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> On 18 June 2017 at 20:05, Louis Dionne via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> 
>> It is also worth noting that people on this list that oppose vocally are
>> Boost library developers or folks with deep involvement/knowledge of
>> Boost.Build, which is a very small minority. This has become clear through
>> years of anecdotal evidence (such as speaking to people at conferences).
>> Based on this and previous failed attempts, I think it is unlikely that
>> we'll be able to make a decision based solely on discussion on this list,
>> and my opinion is that a top-down decision is required to make something
>> (anything) happen, like for the Git modularization.
> 
> One difference with git modularization is that there was a lot of
> support for it. And I don't think it was a roaring success.

There is a lot support for this in the larger C++ community. I remember at C+Now2016, about 95% of the attendees raised their hands in support of moving to cmake. Among the boost developers the support may not be quite as high. I think it would be good to get some solid data on this.