Re: [Boost-build] [Bulk] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] [Bulk] CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee?
From: Douglas Capeci (doug_capeci_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-08-14 00:55:28

A sigh of relief in knowing that Boost Build will continue as a supported Boost tool offering. 

But why is CMake or another tool being considered to replace the current Boost Library build system? Jam is simple, elegant, easy to learn, and works very nicely for C++ tool enviroments and in MHO is better than CMake and any of its competitors. If it isn't broken why fix it? 

On Aug 13, 2017, at 8:08 PM, Edward Diener via Boost-build wrote:

> On 8/13/2017 6:11 PM, Douglas Capeci via Boost-build wrote:
>> What is the fate of existing Boost Build Jam scripts and infrastructure? We have chosen Boost Build over CMake years ago and have made a considerable investment in creating our software build infrastructure using JAM scripts. What is to be?
> 
> Please do not top post.
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> There has been no official word from the Boost Steering Committee regarding Boost Build. My educated guess is that Boost Build will remain as a Boost tool, and as an alternative to those library developers who want to provide jam files along with the required CMake support, when Boost adopts CMake as their primary build tool. I would expect this to happen precisely because of programmers like you who have an investment in Boost Build jamfiles. But if this did happen you would have to expect most, if not all, new libraries would only support CMake and that current Boost libraries might well drop Boost Build support, since maintaining two separate build methodologies is an extra burden for a library maintainer. But until the Boost Steering Committee makes a decision regarding this, no one can know for sure what will happen.
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>> Many thanks,
>> Doug C.
>> On Aug 13, 2017, at 11:09 AM, Francis ANDRE via Boost-build wrote:
>>> 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/>
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