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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Python port status
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-11-13 03:04:57


On Saturday, November 13, 2010 00:08:04 Brian Ravnsgaard Riis wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I've been offline for quite some time now, so I'm a little out of touch.
> Just before I left the country, Volodya was about to start a sprint on
> the python port of boost.build. What's the current status?
>
> I'm tinkering a bit with some other projects that I really would like to
> port to BBv2, but some of the configuration details are extremely
> cumbersome in the jam language. I think much of the trouble would vanish
> if the extension language was Python, so I'm hoping this is progressing.

The core, that is build/*.jam, is mostly ported in Python. I am now working on
finishing configuration framework in the current version, and then will
return to Python port.

-- 
Vladimir Prus
http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com
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