[Boost-build] Naming (Was: The future of B2?)

Subject: [Boost-build] Naming (Was: The future of B2?)
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir.prus_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-10-15 09:18:02

Hi Christian,

On 30-Sep-16 10:05 AM, Christian Aichinger wrote:
> Hi,
> we use Boost.Build at my company, and I'd say it works out reasonably
> well. My biggest gripes are documentation and the error handling.
>
> Documentation:
>
>   * "Boost Build" or "b2" are horrible names to google for. They are too
>     generic and the results end up being mixed with "How to build the
>     Boost C++ libraries". The old "bjam" name was better in this regard.

I agree that it's not easy to search for the the current names. Worse, 
there are some guys who have decided to use an extremely similar name 
for a more recent C++ build system. But there were no better naming
proposals.

-- 
Vladimir Prus
https://vladimirprus.com