Hello all, Kevin Cozens and/or Stewart C. Russell wrote:
I didn't know anything about Boost until I had to deal with it as a set of dependencies on something I wanted to compile. Some of the imaging libraries I use as part of my document filing system use Boost. Thankfully, all of them can be coerced to use library versions installed by: sudo apt install libboost-all-dev I wouldn't want to venture further than that.
Dan says: The official BOOST site has a bit of disparaging dialog on repackaging efforts of various sorts. I think if your target system is x86, then apt-get is probably a fine choice. But if you have to either x-compile, or worry about updates, or want to enable non specific improvements in the indefinite future of any calling app, the the hard way is the easy way ! I'm just leaning into asio now, the sockets and file system interface package. I have a commercial app running with it all made form Berkeley sockets, and this is ok. But I think the customer base is hankering for more security ( not just http ) etc and all the stuff I don't understand is probably in there someplace. So as a contingency, Im constructing the alternative while the first few hundred users squeek like Guinea pigs some now. regs Dan my ref: boost, gtalug