Re: [boost] Cmake

Subject: Re: [boost] Cmake
From: Peter Dimov (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-06-24 16:41:51

Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> Huh ? Test what code ? As a boost user I want to test *my* code, not 
> boost.

You want to test your code in the same environment that has generated the 
bug report. Since so much of Boost is header-only and inlined into your 
code, the two are irredeemably intertwined.

It's not that using the system-installed or user-installed Boost wouldn't 
work, it would, that's just a different workflow and a different scenario. 
It's a difference in philosophy and the two schools of thought don't seem to 
understand each other.

Plus, it's just plain easier to tell people "`git clone --recursive 
my-wonderful-repo` and run CMake."