On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Doug Gregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Beman Dawes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the status of using CMake to run regression tests? > > > > What is the status of using CMake to run developers local tests? > > Troy's the master here :) > > > Until CMake is ready to take over both of those tasks, I don't want to > see > > it merged into trunk. It will just cause confusion. > > > > I'm very concerned that Rene and I will have the CMake stuff dumped on us > > long before it is ready to take over from Boost.Build. If it isn't in > trunk, > > then that won't happen. But if it is in trunk then there will be pressure > to > > use it, even if not ready for prime time. > > Boost.Build version 2 was in the trunk for literally years before we > made the switch, and I don't recall that it caused all that much > confusion. Perhaps "confusion" is the wrong word. Putting Boost.Build version 2 in the trunk caused many people to assume it was in far better shape than it actually was. That led to a premature switch to Boost.Build version 2. That led to a serious delay in getting releases out. > Having CMake in the trunk brings us real benefits, and of > course it will be clearly marked "experimental" or "in-progress". Could you at least wait until 1.36.0 ships? --Beman
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