From: Warren Young
Date: January 12 2007 4:02pm
Subject: Re: MySQL++ and Boost
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Pedro Lamarão wrote:
> Warren Young escreveu:
>> You may know from reading the Wishlist that I am already toying with 
>> making Boost a MySQL++ dependency (for portable mutexes), but it's 
>> such a complex library that I keep putting it off.  Lots of potential 
>> benefits, but lots of potential pain, too.
> 
> I can help with this, I have experience with Boost and its build system.

I'm not worried about using Boost features in MySQL++.  I'm worried 
about telling every single MySQL++ user on the planet that they have to 
install and set up Boost before MySQL++ will work.  I'm worried about 
90% of problem reports to this list being Boost misconfiguration problems.