[boost] Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-28 21:34:14

Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Brian Ravnsgaard Riis wrote:
>> Bertolt Mildner wrote:
>
>>> As there is no common place for libraries (incl. header, static
>>> link libs)
>>> the next best IMHO thing is %PROGRAMFILES%.
>
> Well, even Microsoft isn't sure what location to use. DDK installes to 
> root, and Platform SDK to Program files. So I think boost should 
> introduce such a location and suggest other libraries to select this 
> installation location too.
>>>
>>>
>>> What options do we have:
>>>
>>> - new dir in root: Not a option, imagine everyone would do that!
>> Isn't it?
>
> I agree.
>
> Now boost is a bad example for other libraries. If all libraries will 
> follow boost's example, we would get c:\boost, c:\zlib, c:\cppunit, 
> c:\mpich2 etc. This is definitely a bad idea.

Sheesh, I don't see what the big deal is.  It's not like you can't put
it wherever you like, whenever you like: as part of installation, or later.

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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