id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
184	Better organize startup organization.	jurko.gospodnetic@…	somebody	"This is a copy paste from a mailing list post 'bjam --help not very useful' from 4.6.2008. by Christian Holmquist.

Ever since started struggling with the boost build process (on Windows), I always wondered how one is supposed to configure the _most_ important configs:

Debug or Release
Static or Dynamic
C-Runtime Static or Dynamic

Last time I did the investigation on this at work (spending numerous days), I came up with the following build

link=static threading=multi runtime-link=shared debug release stdlib=stlport

In order to find this info, I need to go trough:

boost.org -> welcome -> getting started guide-> Getting started on MS Windows -> 5.4 In case of build errors (assume this to always be true) -> Boost.Build documentation -> Documentation -> Detailed reference -> Builtin features

This list of builtin features is IMO the most important documentation for end users that want to compile boost. To someone who's used to configure projects trough an IDE it's not apparent what a 'builtin feature' is, so a direct link here from the Gettings started guide would IMO be helpful.

Taking into account that boost 1.35 only compiles Release DLL by default on windows (the complete opposite of a default created VC project requires), it's crucial to know how to communicate with bjam."	defect	closed	major	M14 - Docs	component1	2.0	fixed	documentation startup build properties features