Re: [boost] Let's stop distributing binaries

In article , Olaf van der Spek via Boost writes:

I agree the docs aren't ideal.

That's stating it kindly.

Was b2 that bad 10 years ago? :p

It was always bad and 10 years ago it was worse.

vcpkg doesn't do binaries. ;)

While vcpkg is a reasonable MS-specific system for VS-only users. The only reason it exists is because the community hasn't created a packaging system that works well across all platforms. Conan looks to be a step in the right direction, although I personally would not have chosen any connection to Python. However, as I noted earlier on this thread, Conan is also in a teething stage and seems to have gone down the typical "Everything is unix!" trap/rabbit hole.

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On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 4:40 AM, Tom Kent via Boost wrote:

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I have great respect for where this request comes from. I wish every developer (especially the ten years ago me) could easily understand how to build their own copy of boost. However, I think we as a community need to spend a lot more time thinking about the end-users who want to use boost but aren't already familiar with it.

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