[Boost-build] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee?

Subject: [Boost-build] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee?
From: Francis ANDRE (francis.andre.kampbell_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-13 15:09:21

Hello Boost builders

Someone brings me up the annoucement from the Steering Committee to 
choose CMake as the open source build system for Boost -- reproduced 
partly below:

"Therefore, we, the Steering Committee, announce to the Boost community 
our desire and intent to move Boost’s build system to CMake for users 
and developers alike. We are soliciting comments and proposals from the 
community to guide the process and the goals. Our desire is that the 
community can come to consensus by the end of the calendar year with a 
vision of supporting users and developers."

I am wondering if any alternative choice as Gradle has been considered 
instead of choosing CMake?

Thank for any view on this subject.

Francis ANDRE

PS: I looked for Gradle in the Boost archive on Nabble : Found 0 
matching posts for *gradle* in Boost <http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/>