Re: [jamboost] [BBv2] patch - the configurations class.

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-14 11:33:29

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> On Wednesday 14 September 2005 18:54, Andrey Melnikov wrote:
> 
>>Vladimir Prus wrote:
>>
>>Here's the complete list of subpatches we have to approve:
>>
>>1. the new msplatformsdk feature (without corresponding support in the
>>toolsets)
>>3. configurations class
>>4. modification of check-init-parameters rule
>>5. new configure rule
>>6. "configure all" syntax
>>7. "version registration" framework
> 
> 
> What is this?
> 
> 
>>8. VC8 vcvarsall.bat stuff to enable cross-platform and
>>non-cross-platform compilation for amd64/EM-64T and Itanium/IA-64
>>9. interactions between platformsdk module and toolsets
>>10. manual generation of environment setup script for
>><msplatformsdk>external configuration
>>12. migration to the CONFIG_COMMAND framework
> 
> 
> What is this?
> 
> 
>>13. registry-based autodetection
>>14. a trick to export environment variables from cmd into sh
>>15. single vsvars.bat run for link and mt on VC8
>>16. msplatformsdk implementation strategy
>>
>>You can see what each of these items mean by looking at one of big
>>patches submitted by Alexey. 

All these items are the components I identified in 
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/9814/

>> The most items are dependent on 3 and 16 so
>>these ones are the most important at the moment.
> 
> 
> And (16) is the email you refer two ("New MS Platform SDK selection method"), 
> right?

Correct.

Andrey