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Subject: Re: [boost] [cmake] Pull request announcement
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-09-16 17:57:04


On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 at 19:42, Cem Bassoy via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Am So., 16. Sep. 2018 um 18:08 Uhr schrieb Mateusz Loskot via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>:
> > On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, 14:21 Cem Bassoy via Boost, <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > However, we should stop arguing CMake vs Build.Boost immediately, unless we
> > have too much time to kill.
> > Instead, we should work out how (not if!) to make room for both camps,
> > Boost.Build and CMake, to co-exist officially and in peace within Boost.
>
>
> Yes. That is what I meant. Provide technical solutions and *based on the
> technical solutions* there could be an extra list of pros and cons added
> and/or script comparison. Every maintainer can then make up their mind what
> the transition means and whether they 'really' need it.

Sure, and such comparison could be compiled along adding CMake support to Boost.

> Could that be done? Where should the wiki or sth similar go?

IMO, https://github.com/boostorg/boost/wiki is the right place to host it.
Before migration to GitHub, CMake for Boost notes were hosted at
https://svn.boost.org/trac10/wiki/CMake

Best regards,

-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net

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