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Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 08:48:11 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: RFP: boost libraries
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Dave,

On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 05:50:09PM -0500, David Abrahams wrote:
> Sorry it took me so long to reply; I was in Curacao at the C++ committee
> meeting. Being anything but a Unix-style distribution expert (hell, I
> don't know anything about Windows distribution/installation either) I'm
> not really sure what this entails, but there are others who probably
> would be. I know Debian is packaging boost, for example.

It's not "much" more than creating two tarballs.  See the following
for details:

    http://www.cygwin.com/setup.html

Oh, and then there's the occasional question or two... :,)

> I suggest you post your query to the boost developers list yourself, but
> if you'd rather send me something I can post it for you... but it would
> be much more convenient for me if I wasn't an intermediary for something
> I don't know much about ;-)

Sorry, but I don't (currently) have the itch -- I was just trying to
help out Rob.  I'll leave it to him to pursue, if interested.

Thanks,
Jason