Re: A proposal for a modern build-system

From: Hassan Sajjad (hassan.sajjad069_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-03-22 17:32:27

>
> Do I understand correctly, that I would have to change the build
> script (since it's a cpp file, is build source file more fitting?) to
> build a new configuration?
>
Yes. Do you think it is wrong? Why? How do you envision it?

HMake appears to require CMake to be
> built. In addition, if hmake is to become a part of Boost release
> archive, it would have to be licensed under BSL.
>

Unless HMake gets very popular, this will remain a dependency for the time
being. I would license it under BSL. No problem.

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 9:14 PM Дмитрий Архипов via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> чт, 21 мар. 2024 г. в 20:54, Hassan Sajjad via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]>:
> > I developed the build-system HMake
> https://github.com/HassanSajjad-302/HMake.
>
> Looking at example 2 I see
>
> void buildSpecification()
> {
>     Configuration &debug = GetConfiguration("Debug");
>     debug.ASSIGN(ConfigType::DEBUG);
>     Configuration &release = GetConfiguration("Release");
>     release.ASSIGN(LTO::ON);
>
>     configurationSpecification(debug);
>     configurationSpecification(release);
> }
>
> and then
>
> > Building this example will create two directories Debug and Release,
> based on the GetConfiguraion line in buildSpecification.
>
> Do I understand correctly, that I would have to change the build
> script (since it's a cpp file, is build source file more fitting?) to
> build a new configuration?
>
> > It is in C++ and MIT Licenced.
>
> Our main build system is currently delivered together with Boost
> sources and it bootstraps itself. Meaning, Boost doesn't need anything
> beyond a compiler to be built. HMake appears to require CMake to be
> built. In addition, if hmake is to become a part of Boost release
> archive, it would have to be licensed under BSL.
>
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