Re: [boost] [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

Gesendet: Freitag, 05. Februar 2016 um 08:13 Uhr Von: "Boris Kolpackov" An: boost@lists.boost.org Betreff: Re: [boost] [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain

Hi Robert,

Robert Ramey writes:

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The name build2 in the context of boost suggests that it's the next version of boost build.

I am not sure what you mean "in the context of boost" exactly, but build2 is in no way specific to Boost.

The name 'build2' is derived from 'build' (as in "build, take two") which is a GNU-make based build system that's been around for more than 10 years now.

Also, 'build2' has been around for some time now. In fact, I gave a talk on it at the last year's C++Now where I prominently used that name. Not a single person raised this concern.

So I am afraid it is too late to change the name now (everything uses the build2.org domain, mailing lists, etc). If you would like, I can add an entry to the FAQ explicitly stating that this is not Boost.Build v2.

Well, maybe the solution would be to merge build2 and boost.build... ... then you already have a bunch of people which use your build system. thanks, Jens Weller