Re: [Asset Stewardship] About the Beman Project

From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-11 12:50:49

On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM Zach Laine via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> 3) The tools suck.

That is a general statement towards all programming tools I can agree with.

> Boost build and our doc chain are great once you
> have them set up, but are impenetrable to newcomers.  They are
> non-standard, which is unavoidable for a doc chain (there is no de
> facto standard), but odd and disappointing when it comes to build (the
> world has standardized on CMake, for better or worse).

We have never mandated a particular documentation tool. And if you are
referring to the Quickbook/Boostbook/Docbook doc chain.. We discourage
their use. And some of us actively steer people away from them and
towards other tools.

As for Cmake.. Some have worked to add Cmake support since _before_
the SC announced that they would like Boost to switch to Cmake. And
it's why we do have Cmake support at this time.

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