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

From: Andrey Melnikov (melnikov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-07-06 11:59:30

David Abrahams wrote:
> Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>David Abrahams wrote:
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>>>Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
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>>>>David Abrahams wrote:
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>>>>----
>>>>It is strongly recommended that you simply download a
>>>>prebuilt bjam executable for your platform:
>>>
>>>
>>>Avoid the passive voice.
>>>
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>>I just quoted a wrong place.. Look at this variant. I changed a lot.
>>
>>----
>>We compiled a version of bjam executable (bjam.exe or bjam) for you, and 
>>tested it with Boost release. 
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> 
> You can't say that, because it might not be true.  There are platforms
> for which we didn't do that.
> 
We didn't compile, or we didn't test?

The idea of "tested" clause was to convince users that they don't need 
to build bjam themselves if there is a precompiled version.

If we didn't compile, I think we can live with this, because later we 
tell people what to do if the platform isn't in the list.

Andrey