Re: [boost] building shared boost libraries

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-20 09:04:42

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Maddock" <John_Maddock_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 6:45 AM
Subject: Re: [boost] building shared boost libraries

>
> I would be interested to know if anyone has ever
> maintained binary compatibility with in C++ libraries as complex as boost.

Boris Fomitchev claims to be doing it for minor releases of STLport. Maybe
we should ask him about that.

> So the question is, if binary compatibility is effectively impossible,
what
> do we do?

It might be a little premature to head down that path... let's find out if
it /is/ impossible first.

-Dave