In addition the issue is with the Qt base GUI and Qt has all the APIs necessary to accomplish what you need. There is no need for boost to fix the problem.
----- Mike Jackson www.bluequartz.net Principal Software Engineer [email protected] BlueQuartz Software Dayton, Ohio ____________________________ Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse the shortness of the reply. On Jan 6, 2012, at 1:12, Michael Hertling <[email protected]> wrote: > On 12/31/2011 02:10 AM, Robert Dailey wrote: > >> I'd like to introduce boost into CMake for this. > > Whenever I've advocated CMake as build system, one of the strongest > selling points has been its self-sufficiency, i.e. the fact that it > does not have any external dependencies except for a C++ environment. > IMO, each further dependency on external packages - be it Boost, be it > Qt or what ever - would compromise CMake's chances to be preferred to > other build systems. For this reason, I'd support Bill's position and > recommend to be particularly conservative w.r.t. the introduction of > additional dependencies into the CMake executable. > > Regards, > > Michael > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
