on Mon Feb 11 2013, "Paul A. Bristow" <pbristow-AT-hetp.u-net.com> wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Dave Abrahams Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:25 PM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Future of Boost Windows Installers
on Sun Feb 10 2013, Daniel James <dnljms-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
On 31 January 2013 19:42, Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
Whatever happens with this installer code, someone is going to need to update the Getting Started Guide, either to point at the installer's new home, or to remove references to it.
I very much hope that this will be done from a Windows-centric users view - the previous version made assumptions about *nixy things and words that are entirely unjustified for Micro$ofties who have an expectation of using GUI throughout. It led to a long trail of woeful cries for help (and consumed a lot of support effort).
Excuse me? Did it drift into that condition? When I wrote the GSG I put a lot of effort into making sure there was a Micro$ofty version for windows users, and it was very quickly adjusted until there were almost no cries of confusion, so I'm very surprised to hear this. -- Dave Abrahams