Re: On Boost and modules

From: Boris Kolpackov (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-04-10 17:08:51

Rainer Deyke via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm currently taking a second looks at build2.  I haven't got very far, but
> I'm already starting to hate it.

I would be interested to hear why (probably best off-list since it
will be off-topic here).

Having said that, build2 is (unfortunately) complex and it also
"reimagines" a lot of fundamentals compared to the existing build
systems and package managers (especially compared to meta build
systems like CMake). So many people find it too "alien" at first.
I wish it could be done in a simpler way and based on the
established intuition, but I don't know how, given the general
brokenness of the mainstream approaches we have now.

One thing I can say in build2's defense is that it works: what other
C++ build toolchains can you use that would allow you to build an
application that depends on, say, both Boost and Qt (and all their
dependencies, recursively) with a single build system reliably and
uniformly across all the major platforms and compiler (including
Windows)?