On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 21:11:32 +0300, Andrey Melnikov wrote
David Abrahams wrote:
"Hendrik Schober" <boost@HSchober.de> writes:
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Okay, I remember rewriting this sentence for you:
Most of Boost's libraries are header-only.
I suggested:
Most Boost libraries consist entirely of header files.
This sentense is one more reason for header-only package.
I think the 'header' only package is a distraction from an improved packaging system. What does it achieve? Decreased size? Are you going to throw out docs? Examples? That seems doubtful. The thing is, in an uncompiled form, the compiled libraries don't really add much to the size of boost so it won't be alot of space saved. What are you going to do with date-time? In 1.33 about 95% of the library can be used header only -- only serialization and a couple other features need the lib. No, I think the real capability, if you want to reduce size, is to allow users to pick and choose only the libs they want. And, by the way, it has to be painless to upgrade with other libs as the need develops or we will just create a support mess. Jeff