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author | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2001-08-19 14:31:50 +0000 |
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committer | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2001-08-19 14:31:50 +0000 |
commit | 1c5ab1bca8d32733bf8374113aca52d609b5ace2 (patch) | |
tree | 077d5d92adce075b5c6febdd1032aaf8248193e6 | |
parent | 04d44fb1df7a61ff422df383c0f48c03cd4ba0e1 (diff) | |
download | boost-1c5ab1bca8d32733bf8374113aca52d609b5ace2.tar.gz |
Integrate links to Boost.Build into other pages.
[SVN r10893]
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-rw-r--r-- | libs/libraries.htm | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | more/download.html | 19 | ||||
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-rw-r--r-- | more/feature_model_diagrams.htm | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | more/submission_process.htm | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | more/test_policy.htm | 2 | ||||
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8 files changed, 42 insertions, 35 deletions
@@ -23,21 +23,20 @@ <p>The Boost web site provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library.</p> -<p> <a href="libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a> page gives a one line overview of -each library.</p> -<p> <a href="#Latest News">Latest News</a> gives a capsule history of recent -releases .</p> -<p> <a href="more/download.html">Download</a> page gives download and installation -information..</p> -<p> <a href="status/compiler_status.html">Compiler Status</a> page tells what -library works with which compiler.</p> -<p> <a href="people/people.htm">People</a> pages identify some of the -developers who write the libraries and maintain the web site.</p> -<p> <a href="more/faq.htm">FAQ</a> answers questions we hope someone will -bother to ask.</p> -<p> <a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7586">Tracker</a> lets -you view and submit bug, support, and feature requests.</p> -<p> <a href="more/lib_guide.htm">Library Requirements and Guidelines</a> and <a href="more/submission_process.htm">Library +<p> <a href="libs/libraries.htm">Libraries</a> gives a one line overview of +each library.<a href="#Latest News"><br> +Latest News</a> gives a capsule history of recent +releases.<a href="more/download.html"><br> +Download</a> gives download and installation information.<a href="status/compiler_status.html"><br> +Compiler Status</a> tells what +library works with which compiler.<a href="people/people.htm"><br> +People</a> identifies some of the +developers who write the libraries and maintain the web site.<a href="more/faq.htm"><br> +FAQ</a> answers questions we hope someone will +bother to ask.<a href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=7586"><br> +Tracker</a> lets +you view and submit bug, support, and feature requests.<a href="more/lib_guide.htm"><br> +Library Requirements and Guidelines</a> and <a href="more/submission_process.htm">Library Submission Process</a> pages provide basic information for library authors.</p> <h2><a name="Membership">Membership</a></h2> <p>If you are interested in Boost, please join our mailing list for @@ -58,18 +57,22 @@ section</a> (formerly called the "vault").</p> with any concerns you don't want to just post to the mailing list.</p> <h2><a name="Rationale">Rationale</a></h2> <p>Boost was begun by members of the <a href="http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg21/">C++ -standards committee</a> Library Working Group to provide free peer-reviewed +Standards Committee</a> Library Working Group to provide free peer-reviewed portable libraries to the C++ community. An additional objective is to establish "existing practice" and provide reference implementations so -that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Indeed, the -explicit intent is to propose many of these libraries for inclusion in the C++ -Standard Library.</p> +that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. The intent is to propose many of these libraries for inclusion in the +upcoming C++ +Standard Library Technical Report.</p> <h2><a name="Latest News">Latest News</a></h2> -<p>August ???, 2001 - Version 1.24.0 +<p>August 19, 2001 - Version 1.24.0 <ul> <li><a href="libs/tuple/doc/tuple_users_guide.html">Tuple Library</a> added. Tuples ease definition of functions returning multiple values, and more, from Jaakko Järvi.</li> + <li><a href="tools/build/index.html">Boost Build System</a> added. Preliminary + release of an innovative build system for Boost libraries, from Dave + Abrahams and others.</li> + <li>Minor fixes to some other libraries.</li> </ul> <p>July 6, 2001 - Version 1.23.0 <ul> @@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ Standard Library.</p> <li><a href="libs/regex/index.htm">Regex Library</a>: Minor portability fixes.</li> </ul> <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->10 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31269" --></p> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->19 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31287" --></p> </body> diff --git a/libs/libraries.htm b/libs/libraries.htm index 484038dc65..54b77ab13c 100644 --- a/libs/libraries.htm +++ b/libs/libraries.htm @@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ out what other headers each boost header includes.</p> <p>See <a href="../more/download.html">Download and Installation</a> to find out how to download and install the libraries.</p> +<p>See <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Building Boost Libraries</a> to find +out how to build object libraries, when needed.</p> + <h2>Obsolete Libraries</h2> <ul> @@ -150,6 +153,6 @@ how to download and install the libraries.</p> <hr> <p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" -s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->10 Aug 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14749" --></p> +s-format="%d %b %Y" startspan -->19 Aug 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="14767" --></p> </body> </html> diff --git a/more/download.html b/more/download.html index 1c0b471016..ed1963134f 100644 --- a/more/download.html +++ b/more/download.html @@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ <h1>Boost Download and Installation</h1> -The boost libraries are intended for easy download and <a href="#Installation">installation</a>. -However, unlike other packages, there is no global setup and -configuration tool. +The boost libraries are intended for easy download and <a href="#Installation">installation</a>; +many libraries require nothing more that downloading and unpacking to be ready +for use, including full documentation. When required, see <a href="../tools/build/index.html">Building +Boost Libraries</a> to create object libraries. <h2>Download</h2> The boost libraries are available in various formats: @@ -123,16 +124,16 @@ have renamed it to) to the search list using the appropriate GUI dialog. <p> -A few boost libraries are implemented by separate source files, and -thus require compilation on your system to link properly. Boost does -not currently have an overall "build" or "make" mechanism in place. -Some of the individual libraries do include make and/or project files -for various compilers. +Some Boost libraries are implemented as separate source files, and +thus require compilation into object libraries before any use. See <a href="../tools/build/build_system.htm">Building +Boost Libraries</a> for an automatic tool to prepare such libraries. +Some of the individual libraries also include make and/or project files +for various compilers, but these will become obsolete as Boost.Build matures.. <p> <hr> -Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->22 June, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="19850" --> +Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->19 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34359" --> <p>Written by <a href="../people/jens_maurer.htm">Jens Maurer</a> 2001-02-11</p> diff --git a/more/error_handling.html b/more/error_handling.html index 21b5e93fec..475e3e606a 100644 --- a/more/error_handling.html +++ b/more/error_handling.html @@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*) implied warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. <p>Revised - <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 March, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="28779" --> + <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34355" --> diff --git a/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm b/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm index b865d085de..743d224658 100644 --- a/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm +++ b/more/feature_model_diagrams.htm @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ assuming no constraints.</p> <p>Krzysztof Czarnecki and Ulrich W. Eisenecker, <a name="Generative Programming" href="http://www.generative-programming.org">Generative Programming</a>, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-210-30977-7</p> <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->10 February 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40602" --></p> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->17 August 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31283" --></p> <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes, 2000</p> </body> diff --git a/more/submission_process.htm b/more/submission_process.htm index 950a564f9e..1cb9a083de 100644 --- a/more/submission_process.htm +++ b/more/submission_process.htm @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ necessary.</p> <p>Libraries are software; they lose their value over time if not maintained. Details still hazy.</p> <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->24 April, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="29814" --></p> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->10 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34341" --></p> </body> diff --git a/more/test_policy.htm b/more/test_policy.htm index e39b4aa3f5..6e7647f575 100644 --- a/more/test_policy.htm +++ b/more/test_policy.htm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ generation of HTML compiler status tables, was developed by Beman Dawes in June, <h2>Acknowledgements</h2> <p>Written by Beman Dawes. Jens Maurer, Paul Moore, Gary Powell and Jeremy Siek contributed helpful suggestions.</p> <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->10 February, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40395" --> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 August, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="34355" --> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> diff --git a/tools/build b/tools/build -Subproject 2b5bacb282fd3c4ddd40140847700d98527516b +Subproject 11e193f97773f877572b4dc36335e163ed51888 |