Re: [Boost-users] Boost 1.35 build problem

From: Johan RÃ¥de (rade_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-20 05:45:32

Vladimir Prus wrote:
> Johan RÃ¥de wrote:
> 
>> Vladimir Prus wrote:

>>> http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/builtins/features.html
>>>
>>
>> Two suggestions:
>>
>> 1. The above page does not give the default values of the features.
>> This should be added.
>>
>> 2. I think the documentation of how to build Boost should be made more user-friendly.
>> There is a gap between the Getting Started Guide and the Reference Manual that should be bridged.
>> What is needed I think, is to expand the Getting Started Guide,
>> and describe, with plenty of examples, how to make simple customizations of the build.
>> Right now the Getting Started Guide only describes how to do a default build.
> 
> I don't think that adding that to Getting Started is necessary. Instead, it should say
> have a link to a page describing general Boost.Build command line syntax, which in turn
> can list a few common features.

Great idea!

--Johan