Re: [Boost-build] Garbage collected BJam

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-07 03:16:13

On Thursday 07 September 2006 07:22, Rene Rivera wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
> > Rene Rivera writes:
> >> Sohail Somani wrote:
> >>> Wasn't there a project to write bjam on top of scons? I only wish scons
> >>> had as good a configuration layer as bjam.
> >>
> >> Yes there was. And there's code in CVS towards that end.
> >
> > Are you sure?  AFAIK all we have -- which is not insubstantial -- is a
> > bjam <==> python binding, and a project to rewrite substantial parts
> > of Boost.Build in python.
>
> Well that is the code I was referring to. Was I mistaken in the intended
> eventual goal of that code? I didn't follow it much when it was active
> so I'm likely way off in my understanding :-)

There's no plan to use SCons for build engine. At least, until we're sure that 
doing so won't cause us additional significant slowdowns ;-)

- Volodya

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Vladimir Prus
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