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Date:      Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:46:02 -0500
From:      "Jeremy Messenger" <mezz7@cox.net>
To:        "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Jacobus Geluk <jacobus.geluk@gmail.com>, Simon Barner <barner@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Is someone already working on a port that supports Boost	1.35.0?
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On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:27:42 -0500, Aryeh M. Friedman  =

<aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Simon Barner wrote:
> |> | Yes, I am working on a port. I will send a message to freebsd-por=
ts
> |> | once it is ready for testing.
> |>
> |> While your at it please make it so there is one boost port not boos=
t  =

> and
> |> boost-python
> |
> | I will keep boost and boost-python in seperate ports in order to
> | keep boost as lean as possible. boost-python will no longer conflict=

> | with boost but just add python support. The same applies for OpenMPI=

> | and MPICH support.
> |
> | Simon
> |
> Have you ever examined the ports that actually use boost and  =

> boost-pyhton... it seems completely random sometimes which one is whic=
h  =

> (i.e. stuff that doesn't require pyhton often depends on boost-python =
 =

> and stuff that does depend on it relies on boost).... this leads to so=
me  =

> really nasty conflicts and hard to resolve (unless you have done it  =

> before) ordering problems (if I build port A then B then B will fail  =

> because it wanted one flavor of boost when the other one is the  =

> installed one but if you do B then A then it works fine because A  =

> doesn't care what flavor of boost it is looking for).... the classic  =

> example of this is net-p2p/deluge and multimedia/miro where deluge wan=
ts  =

> python and miro doesn't care.... Since it is trivial to have a

Opposite, Miro wants python and Deluge doesn't need it. But I think in  =

next major version of Deluge 0.6 might want boost-python (uncheck).

> build/ruin depend on an OPTION (and you already do it via a gnob no mo=
re  =

> complexity it added by doing it as an OPTION)... Almost every time I  =

> have brought boost problems up the overwelming consenus among  =

> maintainers that relie on boost is two seperate ports is completely  =

> insane.

You should read his comments again. He said, 'boost-python will no longe=
r  =

conflict with boost but just add python support.' It's what I have  =

requested sometime ago and exactly what we need. Thanks for your work,  =

barner, and look forward for it! I have been a bit busy lately, but I wi=
ll  =

try to find time to test it when you have patch available.

BTW: Seperate ports aren't insane if done in right way....and very nice =
to  =

have.

Cheers,
Mezz

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