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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] New doc format.
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-01-20 22:25:31


AMDG

On 01/20/2018 02:16 PM, Robert Ramey via Boost-build wrote:
>
> In looking for a simpler setup, the biggest source of complexity was
> trying to use B2 to process the documentation.  I ended up making a
> couple of small batch files - 4 lines each to do the job.  Doing inside
> of B2 didn't add anything.
>

  The boostbook toolchain is one of the oldest, most
complex, and brittle tools in b2. It does lots of
things in bizarre and non-idiomatic ways and is
really in need of a complete overhaul.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe


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