Re: [BBv2 docs editorial] Installation

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-22 10:37:31

Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Thursday 22 September 2005 17:45, David Abrahams wrote:
>> Andrey Melnikov <melnikov_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> > If the general idea is good, what about this:
>> >
>> > -------
>> >
>> > If your platform isn't in the list, or if you
>> > downloaded the latest Boost beta sources from CVS instead of an
>>
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>
>> I prefer "are using a copy of the Boost sources that is still under
>> active development," since this does not only apply to "beta" and it
>> does not only apply to "the latest" and because a development state
>> of the sources may have been acquired other than through CVS,
>> e.g. from some administrator that did the CVS and then produced a
>> tarball, and because we're going to switch off of CVS soon anyway.
>
> What about "or if you're using in-development version", then?

You need to indicate a development version of _what_.

"or if you are using a development version of the Boost Sources"

would be fine.

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Dave Abrahams
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