"Sohail Somani" <s.somani@fincad.com> writes:

Hi David/other boosters,

I'd like to suggest a couple of things if I may:

- I'm not sure what encoding you are using to write the document, but quotes(?) show up funny in my browser (firefox on ubuntu eft).

I guess you mean edgy. I'm looking at it in Firefox on dapper and it's fine.

I've attached a shot of what they look like. Could be my setup.

I'm pretty sure it's the server where the file is being viewed. Try http://boost-consulting.com/boost/more/getting_started.html What URL were you using?

- The instructions seem to encourage building all variants of boost libraries by default. I think this would be the document to read if it also included instructions on how to only build the ones you were interested in.

The idea is to give the simplest possible instructions that will get nearly everyone going. I think we need a follow-up document that has all the details.

Maybe just how to build the release variant (which is what a starter would be most interested in, I would think)

I wouldn't count on that. Also, unless building her own code with -DNDEBUG, using the release variant could potentially cause ODR issues. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com