Andrey Melnikov <melnikov@simplexsoft.com> writes:
Brian Ravnsgaard Riis wrote:
Bertolt Mildner wrote:
As there is no common place for libraries (incl. header, static link libs) the next best IMHO thing is %PROGRAMFILES%.
Well, even Microsoft isn't sure what location to use. DDK installes to root, and Platform SDK to Program files. So I think boost should introduce such a location and suggest other libraries to select this installation location too.
What options do we have:
- new dir in root: Not a option, imagine everyone would do that!
Isn't it?
I agree.
Now boost is a bad example for other libraries. If all libraries will follow boost's example, we would get c:\boost, c:\zlib, c:\cppunit, c:\mpich2 etc. This is definitely a bad idea.
Sheesh, I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like you can't put it wherever you like, whenever you like: as part of installation, or later. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com