Re: [Boost-users] Deploying Boost App: Best Practices?

From: John Maddock (john_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-11-11 05:20:53

> I am building an open source C++ application using various Boost
> libraries.  I am using the libraries as-is without any tweaks,
> additions, or wrappers to the source or headers.
>
> What is the accepted way (if there is one) of deploying a Boost
> application when the application includes the source under an open
> source license?  Should I distribute only *my* source along with
> instructions to users who want to compile it to download the Boost
> libraries?  Or, should I include a boost/ subdirectory in my source
> tree with the Boost headers and libraries my app uses?

Either, or both, or make the parts of Boost that you use (extracted with 
bcp?) a separate download (if you don't have a copy of Boost already, you'll 
need to download this etc...).

John.