Re: [boost] 1.68 Getting Started links to 1.67

Subject: Re: [boost] 1.68 Getting Started links to 1.67
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-28 13:43:46

On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 15:32, Andrey Semashev via Boost
<boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On 08/28/18 16:27, Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 15:12, Andrey Semashev via Boost
> > <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >> On 08/28/18 15:50, Mateusz Loskot via Boost wrote:
> >>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 14:44, Andrey Semashev via Boost
> >>> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 08/28/18 13:18, degski wrote:
> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 13:14, Andrey Semashev via Boost
> >>>>> <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>       AFAIK, vcpkg is MSVC-specific. Not all Windows users use MSVC.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Did you fact-check that assertion?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, Visual Studio is listed as a prerequisite here:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg
> >>>
> >>> * Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 (on Windows)
> >>>
> >>> The "On Windows" applies to both listed versions of VS, no just 2015 ;-)
> >>
> >> Yes, so? Does this contradict what I said?
> >
> > It invalidates "vcpkg is MSVC-specific", at least.
>
> In what way? Unless the readme is wrong, MSVC is required on Windows.

Andrey,

I ripped the "vcpkg is MSVC-specific" out of its original context.
My bad, I take that back.
Accept my appologies, please.

To my knowledge, on Windows, vcpkg does not officially support
anything but MSVS/VC
There have been some initial bits and bobs for MinGW/MSYS added though
https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/blob/master/scripts/cmake/vcpkg_acquire_msys.cmake

Best regards,
-- 
Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net