"Pablo Aguilar" <pablo.aguilar@gmail.com> writes:
I believe that detecting which libraries need building would just be a matter of searching for a "build" subdirectory within a given library's directory.
Yep.
Don't know about configurations, though, maybe some simple parsing of the jamfiles would do..
Don't try to parse Jamfiles. It will be fragile at best and a disaster at worst. Think of Jamfile contents like C++ source code; you want a real C++ compiler in order to process that and make any sense of it. For Jamfiles you want to do any understanding within Boost.Build.
The reason I chose not to do it as an installer, is because I'm far more comfortable with developing GUIs with say, BCB, than I am with the installer programs I've tried.
Comments, suggestions, requests are welcome.
Making Boost easier to install is crucial. I suggest that parties interested in contributing in some way take the thread to the jamboost list. http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost If people prefer we could establish a separate list, but I fear there might be a great deal of overlap. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com