[boost] Re: RFP: boost libraries

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-04 09:58:35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins_at_[hidden]>

<<Where does one find the Regex dllized lib?>>

You don't "find" it; you build it. I can tell you how to do that, or I
can make one for you if neccessary.

> * Nobody has decided what an appropriate unix-style
> installation for boost would look like (where the headers
> live, how the libs should be named and versioned, what
> symlinks to make, etc.). We need guidance on this. Normally
> we tell people to download the boost tree, put the root in
> their #include path, build the libraries, manually collect
> them and put them wherever they want. There has been
> increasing dissatisfaction with this approach.

<<Right. Uhmm, I think that debian makes the boost libraries available,
chances are that the packager there has found a good solution, or the
package would have failed there package linter.

I can (and will, but in no great hurry) look into that aspect a little
if you like.>>

Bill Kempf has started a boost library distribution/installation effort;
I suggest you contact him about this, as he's the point man.

-Dave