Re: [Boost-users] boost port for S60 (Symbian)

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] boost port for S60 (Symbian)
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-12-11 19:40:59

AMDG

Yuriy Krasnoschek wrote:
> I spent some efforts to make several libraries from boost compile and run on
> Symbian Series 60 with winscw (Code warrior by Nokia). I can share my work
> with community and continue porting, just need to know where to start.
> The problem is I was forced to modify original boost sources (like
> select_platform.hpp) and libraries files due to compiler / platfom
> limitations.
>   

How extensive are the changes that you need?

> Libraries that ran on S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 + are:
> thread, date_time, system, regex, asio (partially) and of cource libraries
> that don't depend on platfom so much smart_pointers / type_traits / integer
> / etc.
>   

You should create separate tickets at http://svn.boost.org for each 
library that
needs to be patched.  Depending on how extensive they are you could
create a branch in the sandbox.  Would you be able to run regression tests
for this platform?
http://www.boost.org/development/running_regression_tests.html

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe