Re: [Boost-users] Suggestion to the packaging of boost libraries

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Suggestion to the packaging of boost libraries
From: Taworn T. (taworn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-28 01:40:53

@Ray

> I think that the definition of ?frequent-use? continuously changes as one uses 
>the library and encounters/learns more and more useful tools.  I would vote > 
>that the packaging remains as it is.

Please change the word "frequently-used" to "language-extension/domain-specific" 
as Klaim said.

> If one wants only specific headers, I think there was a discussion many moons 
>ago about a tool which would extract the ?used? headers for minimizing > a final 
>project footprint.

That call bcp.

@Mike Jackson

> That tool is "bcp" which is part of the standard boost source download. You
> can use it to extract a subset of boost for your project or maybe to turn
> into a sub-part of your project. What I find amusing is that in order to get
> shared_ptr<> you end up getting something like 3MB worth of source files.

Yes, quite big. :) 
I remember someone say that because there are many header files need by 
shared_ptr 

but the size won't go up too high if you add something, say regex.

My point is not about definition of "frequently used".  It about boost is quite 
big (huh, the 

word "big" is also quite subjective to people opinions -_-), and is there a way 
to reduce 

distribution size.  And separating package is one of the way I can think.

Regards,
Taworn T.