I hate getting into these kinds of arguments.. But this email is a bit too far for me to not respond. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 6:05 AM, David Sankel via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
Boost needs a steering committee to break stalemates and that is why it was created and exists today.
There was no stalemate. Almost every time cmake has been brought up there's been a discussion as to the merits of the build system and the impact on switching. Until now the SC never got involved.
The CMake issue has been around for years and hasn't been able to progress primarily because "obviously biased" vocal minorities were holding it back with threats.
No. There where never any threats. Only statements of what would happen. And you are obviously aware of this since you considered those repercussions when making the decision. So please apologize for the mischaracterization and close to slander of that statement.
Rarely has there been an anti-CMake argument that suggested CMake would hurt Boost's mission.
There has been that argument. As Boost's mission is impacted by the people that volunteer considerable resources to make it survive. Until now the argument has fallen to not move to cmake. Please search the archives for such evidence.
The steering committee was created to protect the mission of Boost.
Hopefully you realize that the manner in which the SC operates is hurting the mission of Boost. -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail