Re: [boost] Boost CMake support - Request for Comment

In article , Stefan Seefeld via Boost writes:

On 2018-10-09 05:13 PM, Richard via Boost wrote:

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In article , Edward Diener via Boost writes:

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Good ! Then I am sure you will be glad to be nominated as the person who converts all instances of the Boost Build use of this feature, You can nominate about whatever you like, but I am not volunteering for anything in boost. It takes forever to get anything done.

I think the point wasn't so much to nominate you,

Au contraire, he quite specifically nominates me in the first line I quoted and further implies that I will be happy about it. The question he raised was whether or not CMake supports this kind of feature testing and I simply pointed out that it has been supported for many years. Why he goes further and tries to volunteer me for work is beyond my understanding.

but rather to point out that a statement like the one you made is rater gratuitous to make if you don't have to back it up by actually doing the implied work.

Oh nonsense. The question was: "Does CMake do X?" to which I answered in the affirmative. Providing information about capabilities in no way obligates me to do work. This is just more data supporting my assertion above that it takes forever to get anything done. This sort of needless snark is just wasting everyone's time and further alienates me to contribute anything to boost. -- "The Direct3D Graphics Pipeline" free book http://tinyurl.com/d3d-pipeline The Terminals Wiki http://terminals-wiki.org The Computer Graphics Museum http://ComputerGraphicsMuseum.org Legalize Adulthood! (my blog) http://LegalizeAdulthood.wordpress.com