Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Do correct instructions for MinGW install exist?
From: Daniel James (daniel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-07-03 04:03:34
On 3 July 2013 08:53, Paul A. Bristow <pbristow_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> Documentation for 'getting Boost going' has not been revised for years.
>
> It doesn't mention MinGW very helpfully, as you found out, and makes no mention of Ubuntu,
> CodeBlocks, NetBeans, Eclipse ...
>
> However, I think it is too late now - GIT is about to overwhelm us.
>
> But new Modular GIT documentation must do better - this time we must keep refining the instructions
> to help the many newbies on a wider variety of platforms.
>
> I'd favour using a Wiki process so users from the many platforms can contribute - (under GIT so
> changes that are disputed can be rolled back).
You don't need to wait for the git transition to start on something
like this. I could setup the documentation build to pull documentation
from an external repo.