#31169: boost needs a new build system --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: adfernandes@… | Owner: adfernandes@… Type: defect | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 2.0.3 Keywords: | Port: boost --------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment(by adfernandes@…):
Do you see any chances for integrating your work upstream?
None whatsoever. The boost devels are brilliant coders, but... well, I've had poor interactions with them in the past. I file bugs, and they get ignored. I (politely) ask for an update, or provide a patch. I get ignored. I ask "is anyone reading this? here's a bug and a tested patch" and I get a short very, very snarky one-liner about how "stupid" OS X must be for my bug to be true. This cycle has happened more than once; I can only hope that it isn't because of my personality! :-) I know that others have had much more positive experiences with them... maybe I've just had bad luck.
If you need any help with testing, let me know.
Thanks. A mac-specific cmake file is really not a bad thing. There's very little mac-specific code in it; cmake 2.8 handles `-install_name` with it's built-in `rpath` handling, so... no big deal. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/31169#comment:6> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS