Re: [Boost-users] boost build interface

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost build interface
From: dhruva (dhruva_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-08 23:07:36

Hello,



----- Original Message ----
> From: Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]>
> To: boost-users_at_[hidden]
> Sent: Wednesday, 8 April, 2009 7:33:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost build interface
> 
> Igor wrote:
> 
> > I have a suggestion:
> > Why not make a simple dialog window with several check buttons and few
> > radio buttons where you will choose what kind of library you want to
> > build(static/dynamic, release/debug), one edit line in which you enter
> > the location where you want your libraries to be built, and one push
> > button that will execute the build process? It would make the building
> > process of the boost libraries 100 times easier.
> 
> Such solution is being considered, but it really needs somebody with
> Windows experience to happen. 

For starters, it could be a simple CGI script running on the boost website. We generate a file which the user can copy-paste into his/her local build system and bjam/cmake can just take off from there. This is quite similar to some sites offering creating VMware image files which could be used through VMplayer to create a new OS VMware image.

-dhruva



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