Re: [Boost-users] Integrating boost into project version control

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Integrating boost into project version control
From: Damien Hocking (damien_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-03-24 12:56:29

Kenneth,

On our project system which is based on Subversion and SCons we have the 
whole Boost library source and the compiled binaries under version 
control.  Boost isn't rebuilt as part of the SCons build pass, we have 
shell scripts (Linux, OSX) or batch files (Windows) that devs can invoke 
if they want or need to.  This is a bit cumbersome on the initial 
checkout, but it does give the devs access to everything they need to 
compile the project.  If a change in Boost compiler flags or defines is 
required then everyone gets the changes on their next checkout without 
having to rebuild it all themselves.

I've also worked with other organisations that have the Boost source and 
platform binaries on a network share, and not part of the version 
control system.

Damien

Kenneth Porter wrote:
> I have an existing C++ project that uses a few 3rd party libraries. It's 
> maintained in a Subversion repository and the libraries are imported into 
> the repository using the Subversion "vendor branch" paradigm together with 
> Subversion "externals".
> 
> I want to add Boost to the project, and am looking for guidance from others 
> who have a project in Subversion:
> 
> Should I import Boost sources into my repo, rebuilding on each developer's 
> system as part of the normal whole-project build, or should I install a 
> binary distro of Boost on each developer's system? The former guarantees 
> that the repo always contains the source used to build our binaries, but at 
> the cost of longer build times to build Boost each time the project is 
> built.
> 
> I'm currently building with Visual Studio 2005 and 2008, and will 
> eventually be cross-compiling for an embedded Linux system.
> 
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