Re: [Boost-users] BoostCon & Bjam

From: Pau Garcia i Quiles (pgquiles_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-12 17:33:22

Quoting Eric Niebler <eric_at_[hidden]>:

> Jeff Garland wrote:
>> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 6:56 AM, Tim St. Clair <timothysc_at_[hidden]
>> <mailto:timothysc_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>>
>>> Folks -
>>>
>>> I've heard various mumblings from sources regarding the future of
>>> BJAM, and I would honestly like to know what the verdict is.
>>
>> Dave Abrahams suggested in the Future of Boost session that it seems
>> likely Boost will move away from bjam at some future point.  When
>> that will be isn't clear.
>
> That wasn't my understanding. I gathered that there would eventually be
> CMake support for Boost, and that the test infrastructure would be
> integrated with it via Bitten or something like it. CMake would also be
> used to build the binary installers that BoostPro offers. But I didn't
> hear anybody say that BJam support would be dropped, or that BJam
> development would cease.

The Boost finders have been updated for CMake 2.6.0, released last week.

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