On 5/9/06, Gennadiy Rozental <gennadiy.rozental@thomson.com> wrote:
"David Abrahams" <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote in message news:ufyjj8n1b.fsf@boost-consulting.com...
core vs. optional
I hate "optional" but can't think of a better term right now. This is the distinction between, e.g., type traits and serialization
Maybe "feature"? Gennadiy
what about "extensions"? Wouldn't be nice to have a per library deployment tool where all the boost libraries are listed. You can selected the ones you desired to use and the needed libraries get installed (including dependencies, downloading the latest version of each one, and taking care of building the needed parts). Some kind of installation history will be maintained, so when you execute the deployment tool again, you can ask for updates to the installed ones, or add new libraries to "your" boost distribution. This is the way kubuntu managed the installation of new apps and i have founded it very intuitive and useful. The app could be written in qt so it can be run in each OS. Regards Matias