Re: [boost] Naming of Boost.Graph binary

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-01-03 12:30:08

Douglas Gregor <doug.gregor_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Sat, 2006-12-09 at 07:05 -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
>> The binary for Boost.Graph is named differently from all the other
>> library binaries; in particular it is called libbgl-viz-xxx rather
>> than libboost_graph-xxx.  This is going to complicate the Getting
>> Started Guide, and although I understand the desire to make it clear
>> that the library is only needed for use with GraphViz, I wonder if
>> this nonuniformity is really worth the price.  Can we change the name?
>> We can always install aliases on *nix to smooth the transition.
>
> We've meant to do this for quite a while, because that library is
> probably going to gain more compiled code along the way. I'm changing
> the library name to "boost_graph" in CVS now.

Thanks

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Dave Abrahams
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