Re: [boost] Re: Re: Customer Friendlier Boost Installation

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-30 10:59:54

Jeff Flinn wrote:
> Peter Dimov wrote:
> 
>>David Abrahams wrote:
>>
>>>Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>>\libs\boost or %ProgramFiles%\boost will make at least *some* users
>>>>comfortable.
>>>
>>>The question is, will it make *more* people comfortable?
>>
>>Program Files requires administrative or Power User rights and is
>>reserved for (gasp) program files, but \libs\boost doesn't sound bad.
> 
> 
> \libs\boost sounds reasonable.
> 
> I agree, as well, with the arguments against using Program Files.

I'm not sure "libs", or "Libraries", or "Library Files", fits in this 
case because we are talking about both programs(bjam, wave, etc.) and 
libraries. And the other examples, Python, MinGW, etc. also install 
programs. A more appropriate location would be:

        "\Development Files\Boost"
        "\Development Files\Python"
        "\Development Files\MinGW"
        ...

Although the shorter "\Development\*" would probably works as well. But 
if we are talking about such a location you need to consider language 
localization, in the same way as "Program Files" treated.

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