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

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-06-21 08:02:03

Rob Stewart wrote:
> From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> 
>>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....

Or similarly to something that changes the meaning less:

   We strongly recommend that you simply <a href="...">download a
   [etc.]

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