Re: [boost] CMake in Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] CMake in Boost
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-09-14 20:56:40

Hi Robert, all,

it's obvious that there is a wide range of opinions not only on CMake 
itself, but also (and in particular) on what it means for Boost to 
"support CMake". And while I'm happy to see that you are suggesting a 
"Request for Proposals" rather than a "solution", I still think the 
problem space is a bit ill-defined. Perhaps we need to talk a bit about 
requirements first, which proposals need to meet to be eligible. (For 
example, one requirement I'd insist on would be "the proposal must give 
project maintainers enough latitude to decide themselves whether to 
adopt the proposed solution", i.e. any monolithic solution would by 
design be excluded.)

While I'm not a big fan of overly formal processes, I'm afraid that the 
effort people put into such proposals will just lead to frustration as 
things will stall again, eventually. And as long as we can't even come 
to some basic agreement as to how to move forward (not even involving 
technical aspects of any particular solution), I think it would be 
irresponsible to invite people to submit proposals.

Sorry,

Stefan

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