Re: [boost] Status of the CMake-ification

On 17.11.2015. 6:01, Robert Ramey wrote:

There's no reason you can't do it for your own library. <...>

On the other hand, boost build does somethings that CMake can't do.

Such as (an honest question)?

So making a CMake file doesn't get one off the hook for making the bjam file.

FWIW I'd like a CMake-ified Boost primarily from the perspective of a library developer (since as much as I like Boost I 'hate' bbuild...having to learn and use it only because of Boost is, for me, a serious put-off factor from contributing)... -- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman