[pkg-boost-devel] Bug#429533: Bug#429533: Bug#429533: Bug#429533: dev package changes and its severity

[Domenico Andreoli]

On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 05:30:21AM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> Hi,

hi,

> > Boost library naming is described in the documentation [0].
> > 
> > [0] http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming
> 
> Which does not mean it is correct for libboost-*-dev to silently
> change its interface (.so library naming).

no, silently not. the real bug from my POW is that I did not announced
the change.

> Why not just provide -pthread version (-mt) per default and provide
> -st version for people who really care?

because using -mt versions in place of -st is suboptimal in a way i am
not able to evaluate. if building c++ as multi-threaded had a negligible
impact, -pthread switch would be the default.

moreover careful people is usually the one using multi-threaded stuff,
not the opposite.

cheers,
domenico

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