Re: [boost] New boost packaging suggestion for windows

Subject: Re: [boost] New boost packaging suggestion for windows
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-05 11:27:46

AMDG

Eric Niebler wrote:
> Steven Watanabe wrote:
>> troy d. straszheim wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 9:08 PM, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
>>>>> I'm hoping Troy can give us a public report on the modularization 
>>>>> effort.  Troy?
>>>
>>> I suppose a picture is worth a thousand words:
>>>
>>>   http://sodium.resophonic.com/boost/boost-dependencies.jpg
>>>
>>> Please stop reading now and look at that.  Look for cycles and
>>> dependencies that don't seem to make sense.
>>
>> I actually don't see /very/ much there that doesn't make sense.
>
> I do. Why does spirit depend on xpressive?

AFAICT it doesn't now.  This may be an artifact from when
proto lived under xpressive?

> Why does xpressive depend on intrusive?

Again it doesn't directly.  I have no idea why this dependency appears.

> And why *doesn't* proto depend on mpl?

The graph displayed is incomplete.  proto depends on fusion which depends on
function_type which depends on mpl.

> These are just the first three things I checked. :-P

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe