Re: [Boost-build] selecting Python version for Boost.Python

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] selecting Python version for Boost.Python
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-02-11 23:10:48

On 06.02.2018 18:08, Steven Watanabe via Boost-build wrote:
>
>> Any other changes I need to make, either to code or build logic, somewhere ?
>>
> - python-tag is used by libraries that depend on python (I think
>   mpi has python bindings).  Make sure that the library naming
>   makes sense for those as well.

For now I intend to overwrite the `python-tag` rule inside Boost.Python,
so no other Boost component will be affected. If that change is
successfully completed, I may submit a similar PR to Boost.MPI (so the
build logic change and the auto-linking code change are combined into
one). Once both are complete, it's time to move the `python-tag`
upstream, into the root repo.
> - --layout=system should probably continue using the current
>   naming scheme (python/python3)
> - boostcpp.jam in develop has code to use an old naming scheme.
>   --layout=versioned-1.66 should use the old names.  (This
>   is only intended to make updating Boost less painful
>   whenever we change library naming.).
I haven't found any code related to "--layout=versioned-1.66", I only
see
https://github.com/boostorg/boost/blob/master/boostcpp.jam#L124-L130.
Can you point me to any code (or documentation) describing what you have
in mind ?

Thanks,

Stefan

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