Re: [boost] Future of Boost Windows Installers

Subject: Re: [boost] Future of Boost Windows Installers
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-02-11 06:15:59

On 11 February 2013 10:15, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I very much hope that this will be done from a Windows-centric users view - the previous version
> made assumptions about *nixy things and words that are entirely unjustified for Micro$ofties who
> have an expectation of using GUI throughout.  It led to a long trail of woeful cries for help (and
> consumed a lot of support effort).

I'm not going to rework the documentation, just update it. If that's
wanted then someone else will need to volunteer. I'd probably be the
wrong person to do it anyway, as I don't use windows much.

> Even using Git will cause trouble for many novice users.

It won't mention git at all. It's aimed at people using the stable version.