Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Moving beyond arm waving?
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-02-09 11:00:22

At Tue, 8 Feb 2011 21:55:36 +0000,
Christopher Jefferson wrote:
> 
> If the new system required must more than that doing by hand, or required
> installing things as root, I would find it hard to continue providing
> testing. While I have CPU power to hand, I don't have that much time, and run
> tests on systems where I do not have root access.
> 
> Some dependancies, such as cmake and git are possible to justify. Installing
> buildbot or twisted or dulwich(?) as root is much less likely

Please see my reply to Rene.  We have no intention of requiring any "as-root"
installation steps.

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Dave Abrahams
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