Re: [jamboost] RFC: Proposal to port BBv2 to Python

From: Alan Gutierrez (alan-jamboost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-01-19 21:28:27

* Toon Knapen <toon.knapen_at_[hidden]> [2005-01-19 11:45]:
> 
> Pedro Ferreira wrote:
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > my apologies for taking _way_ longer than I expected to post this: for 
> > a bunch of reasons I was unavailable for the last few weeks.
> > 
> > I attach a draft of a porting strategy (Overview.txt) and the code I 
> > have already ported.
> > Comments are very much appreciated.

> I think it certainly is true that when boost-build-v2 is a python-based 
> system it will allow many more to easily dive into the code (I for one).

> I'm really excited about this project!!!

It will make life a lot easier on the BBv2 developers since
there will be a solid body of reference material for underlying
language. I'm sure it will be much easier to extend BBv2 will
all sorts of existing Python code. This is a great devleopment.

--
Alan Gutierrez - alan_at_[hidden]