Re: [Boost-build] Jam rename?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Jam rename?
From: Ian Emmons (iemmons_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-17 08:31:11

Suppressing the Boost.Jam "brand" (and packaging bjam within the  
Boost.Build distribution) is a great idea.

On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Alexander Sack wrote:

> The other issue I have is that bjam/Boost.Build has very little to do
> with Boost as a whole.  I understand its the Boost project and team
> that maintains it and supports it etc.  But you don't have to use a
> single Boost library or header to find bjam/Boost.Build a great build
> tool.

One could make the same argument about most of the Boost libraries  
themselves -- they have little to do with each other.  Foe instance,  
you don't have to use a single math function to find date-time useful.

Put another way, Boost is a large toolbox full of tools for many  
disparate jobs.  The fact that one of the tools is a build system  
while most of the others are libraries seems like a small distinction  
to me.

Cheers,

Ian