Re: [Boost-build] error: Invalid property '<python>2.5': unknown feature 'python'.

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-18 16:16:54

on Sat Aug 18 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:

> Roland Schwarz wrote:
>
>> 
>> 
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>> 
>>> I wouldn't count on everything in the trunk having been maintained.
>>> You might try copying python.jam from RC_1_34_0
>> 
>> Tried, but no success :-(
>> 
>> Now it chokes on some differences in os.jam.
>> 
>> Comparing trunk with RC_1_34_0 reveals a _lot_ of differences in the
>> build system anyways.
>
> This is because lots of folks were committing directly to branch,
> without caring to follow documented checking policies.

When it was determined that for 1.35 we would treat the contents
of the 1.34.1 release as the stable trunk, it may have seemed somewhat
less important to maintain trunk.

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