Re: [boost] Customer Friendlier Boost Installation -- (Finally) Getting Started

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....

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Rob Stewart                           stewart_at_[hidden]
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