Re: [boost] Re: Directory Structure

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-12-12 13:03:54

Lois Goldthwaite wrote:

 >Surely we can come up with a system flexible enough to accommodate both
 >the people who want a single all-encompassing libboost.so, and those who
 >want the granularity of individual mini-libs.

That's a really positive thought.  Thanks, Lois!

I'm not going to quote Lois' entire message.  Please go back and read it if 
you haven't already.  She describes a directory scheme which seems to meet 
the goal set out above.  It also appears easy to manage and maintain.

We may want to talk about a distinction between base libraries (most of the 
current ones) and domain libraries (like graph and python).  The base 
libraries use each other a lot, and it is hard not to take them as a 
whole.  The domain libraries often use the base libraries, but don't often 
use other domain libraries.

I'm not as sure about the makefiles, but that may be a separable issue.

--Beman