Re: boost.build, msvc, stlport

From: Markus Schoepflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-11-07 15:14:50

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Markus Schoepflin" <markus.schoepflin_at_g...>
> 
> > Ok, got an answer from Boris.
> > 
> > "Nope, it's [stl_user_config.h] not deprecated. Yes 4.5.1 will be 
> > backwards compatible with 4.5."
> 
> 
> So much for my memory! So, where does that leave us?
> 

1. There will be STLport version that are link compatible with 
others. Should we make special arangements for this in the build 
system? Or just ignore the whole issue and treat each 
major/minor/bugfix/whatever release as a new version with it's own 
directory name?

I prefer the latter for now. I don't know if it's worth the effort to 
figure out which revisions are compatible.

2. Should the build system provide any support for enabling things 
from stl_user_config.h? Currently it ignores most of the settings and 
just deals with io streams mode and debug mode. Possible solutions 
are:

a) Ignore it completely. (Not nice)
b) Support some major config switches. (As it is now. Perhaps we need 
support for more?)
c) Support every config switch which affects link compatibility as a 
feature. (Who is going to figure out what these switches are?)
d) The above plus the other config switches as free features.

The best would be option d) but probably b) will be sufficient...

Markus