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

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-05 21:40:38

Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:
> Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>>----
>>We compiled a version of bjam executable (bjam.exe or bjam) for you, and 
>>tested it with Boost release. We strongly recommend you simply to 
>>download prebuilt bjam for your platform:
>>- <a>windows</a>
>>- <a>linux</a>
>>- <a>freebsd</a>
>>- <a>solaris</a>
>>- <a>Mac OS X</a>
> 
> 
>>If your platform isn't in the list, or if you downloaded the latest 
>>Boost beta sources from CVS instead of official Boost release, 
>><a>installation guide</a> describes how to compile bjam from sources 
>>located in tools/build/jam_src by running build.bat or build.sh.
> 
> 
>>Latest Boost sources may fail to compile with prebuilt bjam because 
>>prebuilt version could become incompatible with Boost *.jam files.
>>-----
> 
> 
> You are missing a bunch of articles, and personally, I don't like the
> style of "We compiled ... for you."  It seems that it would better to
> say that using the prebuilt bjam executable, if there is one available, 

Why don't you fix it then? :) English isn't my native language, and my 
English grammar isn't perfect.

Anfrey.