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From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-21 07:54:27


From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "Hendrik Schober" <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:
>
> If you are on a more common platform, it is strongly recommended
> that you download a prebuilt bjam executable here. Otherwise, or
> if you are using an unreleased state from CVS (or if you are
> feeling adventurous), you need to download its sources and build it
> yourself.
>
> should be:
>
> It is strongly recommended that you simply <a href="...">download a
> prebuilt bjam executable</a> if we have supplied one for your
> platform. Otherwise, you'll need to build bjam from source. You may
> also need to rebuild bjam if you are using an unreleased state of
> the Boost sources from CVS, since the prebuilt executable may not
> support all the features currently being used by Boost.

Consider avoiding the passive "it is strongly recommended." I
suggest this:

   You should <a href="...">download a prebuilt bjam
   executable</a> if we have supplied one for your platform....

-- 
Rob Stewart                           stewart_at_[hidden]
Software Engineer                     http://www.sig.com
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