1 Nov
2004
1 Nov
'04
8:11 p.m.
Vladimir Prus <ghost@cs.msu.su> writes:
IOW, the point is that there are hardly any use cases for editing the files that came from the tarball that favor "easiness of editing", and there is a number of use cases in support of read-only status.
This all is pretty subjective, so I'd suggest to stick to existing practices.
Every way in which Boost distributions deviate from standard distribution practice (and there are many) has historically caused problems for Unix users. I think we should do whatever is commonly done here. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com