Re: [boost] Let's stop distributing binaries

Subject: Re: [boost] Let's stop distributing binaries
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-08-29 23:54:30

On 8/29/18 4:32 PM, Richard via Boost wrote:
> In article <a3d37ee2-3a8e-6ec7-5336-257c63a4a298_at_[hidden]>,
>      Gavin Lambert via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> On 30/08/2018 10:43, Peter Dimov wrote:
>>> This is all irrelevant anyway because we don't ship binaries except on
>>> Windows where we don't have a problem with them.
>>>
>>> Linux binaries are shipped by the distros, not us.
>>
>> +1
> 
> ...except where they don't.
> 
> Linux distros can significantly lag the boost releases, particularly
> for "enterprise" distributions.
> 

another reason for skipping the whole process.  Under my method, 
everyone gets the latest release - along with and easy way to update it 
on demand.

Robert Ramey