Re: [boost] proposal - modularize Boost build system

Subject: Re: [boost] proposal - modularize Boost build system
From: Rene Rivera (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-20 12:22:43

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>
> I think that's part of my point: At this point in time, who actually
> needs the entirety of Boost built and installed as a single entity,
> other than by habit ? There are so many different libraries, targeting
> different audiences. Is there anybody using all of them ? Would it
> really hurt anyone if they had to install  Boost.MPI, Boost.Compute, and
> Boost.Python (to name a few domain-specific ones) separately ?
>

There have been a number of people who've expressed the experience and need
to *only* use Boost as a single entity in precisely these cmake/modular
threads. Who I would point out I've never seen post before. So it tells you
something about how strong their position is.

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