Caleb Epstein <caleb.epstein@gmail.com> writes:
On 5/26/05, David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
You seriously want an example like that for every one of 51 toolsets?
Not hardly, no. Just the ones that are the most popular (probably only those three). Anyone on a different platform/toolchain will have to take a little time and RTFM.
Sounds fine, then. You just said "vc-7_1, etc." so how could I know.
Please don't shoot the messenger.
This ain't shootin', partner. When I'm shootin', you'll know it from the blood on your shirt.
You asked for some examples, so I took the time and wrote them out in what I think is a very complete form.
Very nice.
There's already a page on the Wiki called InstallingBoost, and perhaps it could be buffed up a bit (it offers the IMHO singularly bad advice of copying all the Boost headers and libs into the MSVC install dir) and linked to or included in-line in the Getting Started page.
I don't think the Wiki is the right place for the easy-to-use getting started guide. It should be a very stable part of the main Boost website.
I already have CVS access, so I could make changes as appropriate.
Go for it, but please keep the important information within the main Boost website. Note that any changes you make will be reflected at http://www.boost-consulting.com/boost within an hour or 2.
I'm leaving town this afternoon for the holiday weekend, so I don't know that I can get anything committed before Tuesday.
That's soon enough for me.
Here's the Wiki page:
http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?InstallingBoo...
Someone else suggested a web form could be used to generate the bjam command line from user input (e.g. pick your platform, compiler, desired configuration from pull-down menus). I like that idea lot.
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