David Abrahams wrote:
Rob Stewart <stewart@sig.com> writes:
From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGVsIEFuZHLDqQ==?= <michel.andre@swipnet.se>
Rene Rivera wrote:
I'm not sure "libs", or "Libraries", or "Library Files", fits in this case because we are talking about both programs(bjam, wave, etc.) and libraries. And the other examples, Python, MinGW, etc. also install programs. A more appropriate location would be:
"\Development Files\Boost" "\Development Files\Python" "\Development Files\MinGW" ...
Although the shorter "\Development\*" would probably works as well. But if we are talking about such a location you need to consider language localization, in the same way as "Program Files" treated.
Personally I have \Packages\boost
I always use <drive>:\dev or $HOME/dev, depending upon platform. "dev" is short and sweet.
Regardless, it's clear from all these opinions that there's no "right answer."
Yes. I agree that at the moment there are no right place. But it's also clear that nobody uses root (or very few people). Everybody uses <drive>:\%something%\boost, so \dev\boost, \libs\boost or \program files\boost seems to be a bit more reasonable than just \boost. I vote for \dev - it's short and satisfies both tools like bjam and libraries.. Or maybe \dev\libs :) Andrey