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Re: RFP: boost libraries
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: David Abrahams <david dot abrahams at rcn dot com>
- Cc: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com, Beman Dawes <bdawes at acm dot org>,Darin Adler <darin at bentspoon dot com>, Jens Maurer <Jens dot Maurer at gmx dot net>,John_Maddock at compuserve dot com
- Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 08:48:11 -0400
- Subject: Re: RFP: boost libraries
- References: <FC169E059D1A0442A04C40F86D9BA7600C5E8E@itdomain003.itdomain.net.au><20020422181554.GB1800@tishler.net><05f001c1f099$62590bf0$6401a8c0@boostconsulting.com>
Dave,
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 05:50:09PM -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> Sorry it took me so long to reply; I was in Curacao at the C++ committee
> meeting. Being anything but a Unix-style distribution expert (hell, I
> don't know anything about Windows distribution/installation either) I'm
> not really sure what this entails, but there are others who probably
> would be. I know Debian is packaging boost, for example.
It's not "much" more than creating two tarballs. See the following
for details:
http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html
Oh, and then there's the occasional question or two... :,)
> I suggest you post your query to the boost developers list yourself, but
> if you'd rather send me something I can post it for you... but it would
> be much more convenient for me if I wasn't an intermediary for something
> I don't know much about ;-)
Sorry, but I don't (currently) have the itch -- I was just trying to
help out Rob. I'll leave it to him to pursue, if interested.
Thanks,
Jason