Re: Release Notes: Markdown to replace QBK

From: Vinnie Falco (vinnie.falco_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-02-17 21:14:31

On Fri, Feb 17, 2023 at 12:42 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Asciidoc could be a somewhat worthy replacement for QuickBook if it
> integrated with Doxygen. But it doesn't, so it doesn't work for me. It
> does miss a few other QuickBook features that I use, like importing
> annotated C++ code. But, I guess, those are not as vital.

We (The C++ Alliance) are working on getting all those things working
so that library authors have the option to switch to Asciidoc if they
want to, and not lose functionality.

> If the Boost-wide release notes are written in Markdown, I will have to
> convert the in-library release notes written in QuickBook (that I
> gradually write during the development cycle) to Markdown. I don't want

Yeah, you have a point here.

Thanks