Re: [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..

Subject: Re: [boost] ATTENTION: Library requirements..
From: Daniel James (dnljms_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-01-13 16:50:29

On 11 January 2016 at 02:52, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Louis Dionne <ldionne.2_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> The requirement is actually something like this:
>
> 1. Install all the requirements for what *all* the libraries want for
> building their docs.. CORRECTLY.
> 2. Run "cd doc && b2" for each library.
>
> It's the CORRECTLY of #1 that the's "not easy" part. As it varies from
> system to system. And we don't have a requirement to limit the tools used.
> Although in reality it's a small number.. three (plus their dependencies):
> DocBook XSL, DocUtils, and RapidXML. And the last two are in use by a
> single handful of libraries. So if those got replaced with something else
> that's "built-in", it would be easier.

Some libraries also use latex for rendering equations.