Dean Michael Berris wrote:
> On 1/16/07, Mateusz Loskot <mateusz loskot.net> wrote:
>> Dean Michael Berris wrote:
>>> I personally think it could benefit from a
well-written "What is
>>> Boost.Build" and "Why use
Boost.Build" as well as a "Boost.Build by
>>> Example" section for the uninitiated and
the people with short
>>> attention spans (like me).
>> Dean,
>>
>> I think you will find following texts a very
interesting introductory:
>>
>> http://www.boost.org/tools/build/v1/build_syste
m.htm#requirements
>>
>> and here is an excellent comparison with GNU
autotools/makefiles,
>> by David Abrahams:
>>
>> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build/7434
>>
>
> Thanks! This stuff is what I've been looking for.
Great!
> Perhaps content like this would be just right at home
(maybe in narrative form, in
> sections) in the Boost.Build v2 documentation.
Yes, as a BBv2 user, I think it's a good idea.
> I'm primarily thinking about the people just starting
out with using
> Boost.Build V2 in their own projects looking for
information about it.
> Collating information like this into one definitive
document would be
> a worthy effort IMHO.
Generally, start with BBv2 is hard  and time
consuming, but feasible.
Here are some simple crash courses I found very helpful:
http://www.brainbell.com/tutorials/C++/Build
ing_C++_Applications.htm
As you can see, these tutorials are very well-written in
comparative
style, and shows how to achieve the same tasks using
different tool
chains, Boost.Build included.
> Perhaps later, we can start writing propaganda material
for people
> who've been bitten by autoconf hell and are interested
in looking for
> a GNU Make replacement.
I believe the best propaganda is extremely user-friendly set
of docs,
for instance, wiki.
> C++ Users Journal,
R.I.P :-(
Cheers
--
Mateusz Loskot
http://mateusz.loskot.net
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