Re: [boost] Proposal for moving Boost to CMake

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 7:48 PM, Vinnie Falco via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:44 PM, David Sankel via Boost wrote:

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This is a request for comments on a possible path for migrating Boost's build system to CMake.

It seems there are two concerns here:

1. Providing an up-to-date "FindBoost" module with each Boost release so that *users* who build their projects with CMake can easily find the Boost dependencies, and

There are a significant number of users who do not use the binary distribution model for their codebases. Instead, they have the source code for all their projects (including third-party dependencies like Boost) in one repository and build everything all at once. These users cannot use CMake's FindBoost module since it doesn't have the capability to add the boost source code to the build. They currently have the choice to write and maintain their own CMake files to build boost, wrap the bjam build with CMake code, or just don't bother using Boost since it is too big a hassle. I've seen all three of these.