Re: [boost] Distributing subsets of Boost libraries

From: Vyacheslav E. Andrejev (vandrejev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-19 22:53:37

Hello Richard,

There is a special tool for copy only subset of boost libraries called bcp. 
It is included in boost distribution in $(BOOST)/tools/bcp. I use it constantly 
and successfully in my project. bcp can copy only selected libraries from 
boost along with all dependecies. In my project I even have short python 
script to automatically build bcp and copy required libraries into project.

Regards.

RH> It is obvious that the Boost library collection is quite large and
RH> growing, and it probably will never decrease.  It takes a long time
RH> to build the libraries that require building and to copy the headers
RH> from one place to another.  It would be really nice for me (and for
RH> others, I suspect) to be able to request just the subset of
RH> libraries that I use.  I would like the developers to think of a
RH> mechanism to break up the collection into subsets.
RH> 
RH> Of course, there could be one subset that is common to all, and
RH> there could be other subsets that are common to a group of
RH> libraries.  It would make sense to keep the number of subsets small
RH> by placing libraries with similar functionality or dependencies into
RH> a single subset.  If you want to get fancy, you could include a
RH> library in multiple subsets.
RH> 
RH> Whatever makes sense should be fine with most users.  I just ask you
RH> to consider the desirability of restructuring the distributions.
RH> 
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Vyacheslav E. Andrejev
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