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+<!-- Copyright 2004 Aleksey Gurtovoy -->
+<!-- Copyright 2003, 2004 Vladimir Prus -->
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+<!-- (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
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+ <title>Boost Build System V2</title>
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+ <img src="../../../../boost.png" alt="boost.png (6897 bytes)" align="center"
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+
+
+ <h1>Boost Build Development Plan</h1>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 2</b> (October 25, 2002)
+
+ <p>Boost buildable with gcc and also usable as part of another
+ project.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 3</b> (May 21, 2003)
+
+ <p>Two gcc versions and two other compilers are supported. Some other
+ tools (e.g. lex and BoostBook) are implemented.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 4</b> (June 18, 2003)
+
+ <p>More tools implemented.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 5</b> (Jule 2, 2003)
+
+ <p>Improvements and bugfixes with dependency scanning. Support for
+ i18n tools. Testing framework for Boost.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 6</b> (Jule 22, 2003)
+
+ <p>Bugfixes.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 7</b> (Aug 1, 2003)
+
+ <p>Optimizations.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 8</b> (Oct 15, 2003)
+
+ <p>Implementation of regression testing framework was
+ implemented. Handling of dependencies to generated headers was
+ optimized. Algorithms for link-compatibility checking and selecting
+ main target alternatives were improved.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 9.1</b> (Nov 06, 2003)
+
+ <p>Performance was considerably improved. The syntax for linking a
+ library into a library was simplified. The 'stage' rule can traverse
+ dependencies of the targets it installs. Regression testing support
+ now works on Windows. Some toolsets were improved. Bugs in project
+ loading and suffix determination were fixed.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Milestone 10</b> (TBD)
+
+ <p>Remaining features for <a href="http://boost.org">C++ Boost</a>:
+ improved installation, Python support. Uniform toolset initialization
+ scheme. Many bugfixes</p>
+ </li>
+
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Alpha</b> (TBD)
+
+ <p>Optimization. Using buildable tools: consider using bison, which
+ is itself built with Boost.Build.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>Beta</b> (TBD)
+
+ <p>Feature-complete milestone.</p>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>
+ <b>2.0 Release</b> (TBD)
+
+ <p>Bugfixes</p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+ <hr>
+
+ <p>&copy; Copyright Vladimir Prus 2002-2003. Permission to copy, use,
+ modify, sell and distribute this document is granted provided this
+ copyright notice appears in all copies. This document is provided "as is"
+ without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as to its
+ suitability for any purpose.</p>
+
+ <p>Revised
+ <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan
+ -->23 Aug, 2004
+ <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="13972"
+ -->
+ </p>
+ </body>
+</html>
+