Re: [Boost-build] Improving development (edit, build, debug) cycle times

From: Jurko Gospodnetić (jurko.gospodnetic_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-14 19:13:00

   Hi Noel.

> Because the bjam startup time can be very long and the dependencies  
> are not changing, I believe it would be useful to add the ability for  
> bjam to write out the build actions to a file that our developers  
> could then execute (e.g. as a shell script) to dramatically shorten  
> their development cycle times.
> 
> Would this capability be useful to the community?

   I believe it would be useful since bjam startup times are so bad at 
the moment.

   On the other hand, IMHO bjam should not actually require such startup 
times and my gut tells me it could be implemented to be much much faster.

   Best regards,
     Jurko Gospodnetić