Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.40 beta libs, no longer include compiler version/boost version ?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.40 beta libs, no longer include compiler version/boost version ?
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-18 08:03:33

Avi Bahra wrote:

> Volodya wrote:
> 
>> The default naming of libraries in Unix-like environment now matches
> system conventions, and does
>>      not include various decorations.
>>
>> Does this answer your question?
> 
>   Ok so it was done deliberately.  Why the change, the decorations were
> useful in denoting the
>  kind of library ?

As the release note say, this is to match system conventions on Linux.
If you look at /usr/lib in any Linux system, you will find that no other
library uses Boost-like decoration style. For most folks, there's just
one compiler and one Boost and one variant.

>   How stable is this decision is likely to change, between now and the
> release.?

I expect the current naming scheme and the set of default build variants
to remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.

- Volodya