Re: [boost] Boost is supposed to serve *the entire C++ community; it isn't Boost's goal to serve Boost's community*

"Paul A. Bristow" hat am 23. Mai 2016 um 15:30 geschrieben:

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-----Original Message----- From: Boost [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Andrey Semashev Sent: 22 May 2016 21:10 To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] Boost is supposed to serve *the entire C++ community; it isn't Boost's goal to serve Boost's community*

On Sunday, 22 May 2016 23:05:00 MSK Rainer Deyke wrote:

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Yes, it's a shame that Ubuntu isn't more proactive about making more up-to-date

compiler

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packages available, but there's nothing I can do about it.

Actually, Ubuntu is quite proactive. The latest release is 16.04 (which is also an LTS release) provides gcc 5.3.1 out of the box. Also, there is PPA[1] which provides more recent compiler versions.

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https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test

excellent!

however, a quick search of Launchpad only finds Boost 1.55

https://launchpad.net/~boost-latest/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

How can we get the most recent Boost release (and/or master) available to Ubuntu users as easily?

I did that, years ago. My Boost PPA (https://launchpad.net/~purplekarrot/+archive/ubuntu/boost) no longer contains any packages, because the Ubuntu versions that I built them for are no longer supported. I don't remember the exact procedure, but I might find the script that I used in my archive. We could create an official Boost PPA and provide up to date packages with each release. It is no big effort. I just don't really have a use-case myself. But I can show how to set this up if there is enough interest. Cheers, Daniel