boost 1.40 beta libs, no longer include compiler version/boost version ?
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 ? How stable is this decision is likely to change, between now and the release.? -- Best regards, Ta, Avi
Hi ! On Tuesday 18 August 2009, Avi Bahra wrote:
Ok so it was done deliberately. Why the change, the decorations were useful in denoting the kind of library ?
For those you compile Boost from source, yes. For distribution maintainers, a headache (at least...)
How stable is this decision is likely to change, between now and the release.?
T think this will stay. Use "--layout=tagged" to get the old naming scheme back :-)) Yours, Jürgen -- * Dipl.-Math. Jürgen Hunold ! Ingenieurgesellschaft für * voice: ++49 511 262926 57 ! Verkehrs- und Eisenbahnwesen mbH * fax : ++49 511 262926 99 ! Lister Straße 15 * juergen.hunold@ivembh.de ! www.ivembh.de * * Geschäftsführer: ! Sitz des Unternehmens: Hannover * Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Siefer ! Amtsgericht Hannover, HRB 56965 * PD Dr.-Ing. Alfons Radtke !
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
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