On Wed, Sep 11, 2024 at 12:41 AM Zach Laine via Boost
3) The tools suck.
That is a general statement towards all programming tools I can agree with.
Boost build and our doc chain are great once you have them set up, but are impenetrable to newcomers. They are non-standard, which is unavoidable for a doc chain (there is no de facto standard), but odd and disappointing when it comes to build (the world has standardized on CMake, for better or worse).
We have never mandated a particular documentation tool. And if you are referring to the Quickbook/Boostbook/Docbook doc chain.. We discourage their use. And some of us actively steer people away from them and towards other tools. As for Cmake.. Some have worked to add Cmake support since _before_ the SC announced that they would like Boost to switch to Cmake. And it's why we do have Cmake support at this time. -- -- René Ferdinand Rivera Morell -- Don't Assume Anything -- No Supone Nada -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net