Re: boost-build.jam documentation issues

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-12 04:56:32

Peter Foley wrote:

>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> I think it would be better to ship BB as a separate package
>>
>> It is being shipped also as a separate package.
> 
> In my humble opinion I think this is not a true statement!!!
> 
> Note I am basing this on the fact that the boost.build download on
> sourceforge is from October 29, 2004.

That only means the package is out-of-date, not that it's non-existent ;-)
There's nightly source-only download on http://boost.org/boost-build2

> 
> What I think Andrey is asking for is the ability to download a package
> (installer) and that is all you need to use Bjam.
.....
> Also something that I would prefer to see would be something like the
> installer that Rene posted late June. See
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/126668 another useful
> link is http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=337287.

Yes, binary package of Boost.Build is also desirable.

- Volodya