Re: [boost] name of boost 1.56 tarball

Subject: Re: [boost] name of boost 1.56 tarball
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-29 12:08:06

On Jul 29, 2014, at 7:11 AM, Menelaos Karavelas <menelaos.karavelas_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Unlike previous versions which are named with underscores only, the boost 1.56 b1 tarball is named boost-1_56_0_b1.{zip, tar.gz, tar.bz, 7z}.
> Unpacking the tarball creates a boost-1_56_0_b1 directory instead of the expected one boost_1_56_0_b1
> 
> See also:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.56.0.beta.1/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.55.0/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.54.0/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/1.53.0/
> (older versions also follow the underscore filename pattern).
> 
> Is there any particular reason for doing this?
> I suspect that it might cause problems to scripts looking for a specific pattern for the boost tar file and/or directory.
> 
> All the best,

I’ll change this for the rc.

— Marshall