[boost] Re: Include only one Boost file

From: Matthew Wilson (mwilson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-06-26 18:15:45

Developers don't want to be bothered with carefully maintaining minimal
dependencies. Are you serious? Are they?

Stunning.

"David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:213f01c21d4d$ce2f2a40$6601a8c0_at_boostconsulting.com...
> We've discussed this before; the best forum for it would be
> http://lists.boost.org/MailArchives/boost-install/
> But to make a useful contribution here you'd need to propose a solution
> which didn't put too much of a burden on boost developers, who generally
> don't want to be bothered with carefully maintaining minimal dependencies.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Maciej Sobczak" <maciej_at_[hidden]>
>
>
> > Would it be justified to make some minimal version of Boost (or at least
> > some part of it) for decent compilers? (kidding)
> >
> > I know that once the whole Boost gets included in C++0x (:-)), the
> > problem will vanish - today nobody cares about the dependencies between
> > standard headers - but at the moment it bothers me a bit.
>
> don't-worry-be-happy-ly y'rs,
> dave
>
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