Edward Diener wrote:
On 10/17/2010 5:36 AM, David Abrahams wrote:
At Fri, 15 Oct 2010 20:31:19 -0400, Edward Diener wrote:
Does Boost have any policy regarding the way version information should be attached to a library ?
I don't even think I really understand the question. Could you be more specific?
For a given Boost library, or a library in the sandbox, what is the usual way of indicating to the end-user what is the version of that library ? I am thinking of nn.nn version number schemes, although nn.nn.nn.nn are more common in Windows and Linux.
I understand that for a library which is part of the Boost distribution the version is essentially the distribution of Boost in which that library is included. But if Boost does pursue a means by which individual libraries can be updated and distributed separately I think that each library needs a way to tell the end-user what "version" it is. For libraries in the sandbox, is there any usual way to indicate to the end-user what "version" of the library is there ?
Obviously I can just choose my own way, which I have done, but I am wondering if there is some more standard Boost way which has been discussed.
I had something to say about this back in May http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/204044/match=ramey It didn't seem to generate much interest at the time. Robert Ramey