Re: [Boost-build] Faber: a new Boost.Build Python frontend

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Faber: a new Boost.Build Python frontend
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-26 19:42:27

On 5/26/2017 2:33 PM, Stefan Seefeld via Boost-build wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> as some of you know, I have been working on a new Python frontend to
> Boost.Build for the last couple of months. I have taken all the feedback
> I gathered over time and incorporated it into my work.
> 
> The result is a new tool that I believe is ready for a first serious
> review. I call it "Faber".

Is this supposed to be a replacement for b2 in python ? Does it process 
jam files ?

> 
> Project home: https://github.com/stefanseefeld/faber
> 
> Online documentation (still pretty sparse, mind you):
> https://stefanseefeld.github.io/faber/doc/html/index.html
> 
> This code uses the original bjam engine (modified a bit to suit my
> needs) with all of the Jam support stripped off. The frontend is fully
> rewritten (in Python).
> 
> While there are lots of things that are missing (or need improvements),
> there already are quite a number of highlights to point out:
> 
> 
> * Faber works on GNU/Linux, OSX, and Windows (and is CI-tested on those
> platforms).
> 
> * Faber works with Python 2 and Python 3
> 
> * A few compilers are set up and are demonstrated to work, at least for
> basic usage (GCC, Clang, MSVC), including cross-compilation.
> 
> * Faber has basic autoconf-like configuration support built in (see the
> `config` example in
> https://github.com/stefanseefeld/faber/blob/develop/examples/config/fabscript)
> 
> * Faber provides built-in support for test execution (see the `test`
> example in
> https://github.com/stefanseefeld/faber/blob/develop/examples/test/fabscript)
> 
> 
> I'm now working on a slightly more complex case: build logic for
> Boost.Python, which will no doubt highlight a few things I need to fix /
> add.
> 
> I welcome any and all feedback, as I do hope that the boost community
> will consider this as an alternative to the existing `b2` tool.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
>          Stefan
>