Re: [Boost-build] Boost library naming scheme

From: Steve M. Robbins (steve_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-20 04:54:12

Hi,

On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 07:14:23AM -0500, Steve M. Robbins wrote:

> From Debian's perspective, the name changes we'd like to see are:
> 
> 1. Remove the compiler name.
> 2. Remove the Boost version name.

In case these statements are percolating in the back of your mind, I'd
like to de-emphasize #2.  Removing the Boost version is useful if you
want to have a single version at a time on the system.  But I'm coming
around to the idea that multiple Boost development environments is a
useful thing.  In that scenario, the current practice of versioning
the link names and the includes directory is exactly right.

On that note, I see that 1.34.1 installs includes into
boost-1_34_1/boost, while 1.35.0 installs into boost-1_35/boost.  
Will 1.35.1 still use 1_35 or will it use 1_35_1?

Chimo,
-Steve