Re: [boost] Getting started guide updates

Subject: Re: [boost] Getting started guide updates
From: Dave Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-23 02:32:05

At Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:43:20 +0300,
Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> Dave Abrahams wrote:
> 
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]]
> >>> On Behalf Of Vladimir Prus
> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:49 AM
> >>> To: boost_at_[hidden]
> >>> Subject: [boost] Getting started guide updates
> >>>
> >>> I've tried to update the getting started guide (for Unix so far) to better
> >> explain
> >>> building,
> > 
> > If you're doing this the "right" way, by editing the ReST source, most
> > of the changes will be in common files and much of the Windows
> > instructions will update appropriately.
> 
> I am editing the source -- but that won't magically write descriptions how to
> specify version of msvc and how they are found, nor what to do if you have
> mingw, nor anything like that.

'Course not.  I'm just trying to pre-empt what I've seen earlier where
someone finds the HTML and starts hacking at it directly.  Thanks for
reassuring me.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
http://www.boostpro.com