[pkg-boost-devel] about packaging Boost libraries

[Domenico Andreoli]

Hi,

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 10:24:51AM -0400, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> 
> >   I am a Debian packager of the Boost libraries, we are facing some
> > problems with the long and decorated library names.
> > 
> > We would like to share considerations on this topic and maybe find a
> > common strategy. Would you like to participate?
> 
> Hi Domenico! I am interested in participating in your boost
> discussions, although this week is quite poor for me as I am in toronto
> at the ISO C++ meeting and quite busy.

there is an ongoing discussion on the boost devel ml.  you can follow
it at http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/162347.

> Is this issue (or are there issues?) in the debian bug tracker, or on a
> mailing list? 

yes many, probably this is only a debian-specific issue but things may
be improved by boost developers if we speak with them.

in case you are interested, these are the bug reports:

  http://bugs.debian.org/429533
  http://bugs.debian.org/424038
  http://bugs.debian.org/424666
  http://bugs.debian.org/425992
  http://bugs.debian.org/428419
  http://bugs.debian.org/425264
  http://bugs.debian.org/431502

cheers,
domenico

ps: i hope not to have broken your privacy re-CCing the debian boost team ml

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