Re: [boost] [1.35.0] Release Candidate 2 available

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-26 17:27:58

Phil Endecott wrote:
> Rene Rivera wrote:
>> Phil Endecott wrote:
>>> There are some good instructions at 
>>> http://beta.boost.org/doc/libs/1_34_1/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html, 
>>> section 5.1 "Easy Build and Install".  That's for 1.34.1, and I've just 
>>> been on a wild goose chase looking for the 1.35 equivalent.  I can't 
>>> find it at beta.boost.org, but I recall reading something here about 
>>> the "more" content and beta.boost.org, so I won't revisit that.  In the 
>>> download, it seems to be in more/getting_started.  That took me a 
>>> _long_ time to find: I was doing all sorts of greps in the doc 
>>> directory.
>> Where the two links to the getting started docs not obvious from the 
>> boost-root/index.html file? Or is it the boost-root/index.html file itself?
> 
> I never noticed the index.html file in the root of the distribution.  
> I'm not in the habit of browsing source-trees with a web browser.

I think the best fix for this is to provide a very simple INSTALL file:

      See index.html for information about this release. The "Getting
      Started" section is a useful starting place.

Comments?

--Beman