Re: [Boost-users] Getting started with Boost: what did you need to know?

From: Deane Yang (deane_yang_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-07 14:10:27

Drumheller, Michael wrote:
> 
> I have shied away from boost.build v2 because it says on the opening
> page "an *onging project* to rewrite Boost.Build" at
> <<http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v2/>>--I always assumed it was not
> ready fro prime time.  Sounds like you're saying that, from a doc point
> of view, it is a good resource for learning v1.  I'll check it
> out--thanks.

No, I'm saying, use Boost Build v2 and not v1.

> 
> Do you mean that you have adopted bjam as your day-to-day build tool?
> Just curious.
> 

Definitely. It's so much easier and more reliable to use than any 
alternative I know of, especially if you want to compile and link the 
same code on different platforms. I now use an IDE only for debugging.