"Andy Little" <andy@servocomm.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
"Rogier van Dalen" <rogiervd@gmail.com> wrote
I find installing Boost is pretty easy; but as long as one hasn't tried it yet, Boost may look scarily big.
There has been talk before
on something like "Boost Light". Combining concerns #1 and #2, wouldn't it be a good idea to supply a small subset of boost consisting of header-only libraries only?
I would have thought a system such as r.p.m / windows installer could be used. Is the requirement not just a remote version of the functionality of bcp ?. Tie this in to the http://www.boost.org/libs/libraries.htm with a suitable installer and it would certainly attract casual users.
It would be nice to be able to download and install just the parts you need, on the fly. I think that would make people feel a whole lot more comfortable.
Perhaps this represents dumbing down ?
You say that like it's a bad thing(?) -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com