Andrey Melnikov wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
Andrey Melnikov <melnikov@simplexsoft.com> writes:
Now boost is a bad example for other libraries. If all libraries will follow boost's example, we would get c:\boost, c:\zlib, c:\cppunit, c:\mpich2 etc. This is definitely a bad idea.
Sheesh, I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like you can't put it wherever you like, whenever you like: as part of installation, or later.
We should consider that users are used to think that installation isn't just a copy, and they are afraid to relocate 'installed' files.
Whats the problem? The installer just has a default location and as standard in installers you get to see this and the option to change it *before* installation. It just doesn't really seem to matter what the default location is. (FWIW I dont think Program Files is the right place as default but there ya go). Martin. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 27/05/2005