There is a small, yet active community of individuals working on the Improving Boost Docs project: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/ImprovingBoostDocs I'm forwarding your concern to the boost docs mailing list so that it is brought to the group's collective attention, as I feel that from the user's standpoint it is a valid concern. If you have any input on the state of Boost Docs, feel free to send a message to the boost-docs mailing list with your suggestions :) Jake On 7/14/07, Robert Ramey <ramey@rrsd.com> wrote:
That's they way I do it now.
I do use bjam from running the whole test suite overnight.
But for making library tweaks and running particular tests and building the serialization library for experiments etc, I do every thing from Visual Studio.
If its too hard to just import the sources into your project then there is a problem. If there is a lot of "hidden" information in bjam and/or bjam files that is needed to do this then that could be a problem.
I should not that it WAS a pain getting all the IDE settings just right - but like my recent toothache - its all better now.
I would feel better about bjam if it more like the rest of boost as far as being subjected to the normal boost gauntlet. That is I would like to see look like a libray, with self-contained complete documentaion, tutorial, samples, tests, formal review, etc., etc. I would like to see it promoted on its own rather than just a "boost tool". I think this would result in a higher level of usability and stability. Of course this would be a large effort that perhaps is too much to undertake.
BTW - The same goes for quickbooks. It looks very nice. But I'm a little bit concerned that its being developped at the same time time its being used to produce boost documentation. I'm concerned that if I make a commitment to it, I'll be left standing on an iceberg. Seems solid but is really constantly shifting requiring constant attention.
Just one man's 2 cents.
Robert Ramey
Sohail Somani wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org on behalf of Daryle Walker Sent: Sat 7/14/2007 1:27 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Monotone phasing out use of bits of boost due to having to build external libraries
I'm un-dropping off the grid to mention that the Boost mandatory source files should be able to be directly incorporated into a user's build system. It's been possible in the past. Maybe we should suggest to Monotone to try that first.
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I second that. I do the same thing. Its just a matter of looking at the jamfiles for each library and setting defines/flags appropriately. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe & other changes: http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost
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