Re: [boost] Deprecation and Boost

From: Nicola Musatti (Nicola.Musatti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-07 17:16:55

Russell Hind wrote:
[...]
> It could be done again as a separate project (in fact, we import each 
> boost release in to our own svn repository at work and modify it and 
> version internally ourselves).
> 
> But I'd rather see it done as a complete source tree, rather than a 
> patch as bcbboost is.  i.e. if we are to do this, then import the 
> current boost-1.32.0 in to a new svn repo at sourceforge and then modify 
> that.

I agree about your inhouse repository - I have one too - but I'm not 
sure I'd like to maintain a repository the size of Boost on SourceForge 
just for the sake of a few tens of files worth of patches.

> But if there aren't many people requiring this, then perhaps it is 
> overkill.  If I get the chance to look at getting 1.32.0 working with 
> BDS 2006 internally then that is a start.  Once that is done, I can 
> think about how to make it more public.

Consider using bcbboost! It would be a pity to scatter Boost BCB support 
related efforts.

> Integrating spirit as the default would be a good move too (again, that 
> is what our svn repo of boost contains).

I have to say that at one time I thought we were closer to issuing a BCB 
compatible Spirit 1.6.4 version, otherwise I would probably have 
uploaded my own version to the bcbboost site. Still, the current 
SPIRIT_1_6 branch in the Boost repository is BCB compatible.

Cheers,
Nicola Musatti