Hello fellow Boosters and CMakers, as I got tired of deciding between using recent Boost code and enjoying CMake's convenience, I decided to give it a try and iteratively applied all the upstream patches since the point where Boost-CMake was current on the Boost-CMake source. The result can be acquired from [1].
As it was done in an automated fashion for the greatest part, it obviously has its rough edges (most importantly, the new libraries are not built yet). Still, for a number of reasons I found it worth sharing: 1. I think it's much more satisfying to work on improving Boost-CMake's shape if it doesn't have to be done on old code (for this reason, I also think it's a pity that the project got forked off from upstream in the first place). 2. People using Boost-CMake might have use for the improvements from upstream. 3. I might not be the only one who finds it useful to be able to dive into the code's patch history, rather than getting a full release merged in from time to time. 4. It seems like Boost-CMake is already old enough for upstream needing to hide us: [2]. So it makes sense to get used to the idea of adapting Boost-CMake to the new code. Anyway, happy pulling/flaming/whatever... Best regards, Isidor Zeuner [1] http://gitorious.org/~zeuner/boost/zeuners-boost-cmake [2] http://gitorious.org/boost/svn/commit/359c8c3e23dc6840cefa45d2d66814a1e8652bf0 _______________________________________________ Boost-cmake mailing list Boost-cmake@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-cmake
