Re: [Boost-build] cygwin support

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-04 15:17:24

On Wednesday 03 October 2007 20:50:11 David Abrahams wrote:
> 
> on Tue Oct 02 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:
> 
> >>> So, what should we do about cygwin bugs? I can either
> >>> close them all as "wontfix", or I can assign them to
> >>> imaginary "cygwin_maintainer" user, until a real
> >>> persons steps in to fix those bugs. Any comments?
> >> 
> >> Well, maybe we should ask which platforms you *are* prepared to
> >> support?
> >
> > This is combative, or I misread your words? 
> 
> Not meant to be, but I don't know how else to ask.
> 
> > De-facto, I support, with varying success, all platforms supported
> > by Boost.Build.
> 
> All except Cygwin?

Yeah. I'd actually be happy for somebody to adopt msvc, but nobody
steps in and msvc is not a platform we can afford not to support :-)

- Volodya