As per other discussions, there is nothing stopping fg from creating a set of support libraries that exist in /opt/flightgear. This can be an optional 'we admit we are on the bleeding edge' support package that can be made broadly compatible.
If people are interested in a recommended approach for building broadly compatible binaries, then please speak up. Regards... Matthew On 11/20/08, gerard robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On vendredi 21 novembre 2008, gerard robin wrote: >> On vendredi 21 novembre 2008, Csaba Halász wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > FlightGear now has a dependency on the Boost library header files. See >> > > boost.org or your favorite distribution. I built against version 1.34, >> > > but the latest (1.37) should be fine too. >> > >> > Okay, I know I am kind of late with this, but I just found out that >> > debian stable comes with 1.33. Upgrading to 1.34 would mean having to >> > upgrade gcc to 4.2 and libstdc++ as well. Which would cascade to a lot >> > of other programs. Assuming you haven't used it extensively in ready >> > but not checked in code, I suggest to postpone boost usage until after >> > the planned release is made. Hopefully by the time we release our next >> > version after that, distributions will be shipping 1.34 or later. >> > >> > Just an idea. >> >> We will need a rule, these library could bring up to us a consistency >> problem. >> On my side, if i look at the wide range of distributions, since i use to >> install and to update FG on my friends computers,( with Debian, Fedora, >> and >> Suze some are 32 bit one is 64 bit ). And i don't include my wife >> computer :) :) >> I fear that we won't never have the same version at the same time, but to >> freeze at a specific stable version ( same problem with OSG). >> >> Cheers > > If no rule, there will be the lucky users/devel who will continue on to > update > FG with CVS update. > Behind the others more or less lucky whose the progress will look like an > iregular dotted line. > I will regret the PLIB time ( dead period time) when everything was stable. > What about a specific Boost source dedicated to FlightGear which could be > said stable , and easily built by any user with any distribution. > > -- > Gérard > http://pagesperso-orange.fr/GRTux/ > > J'ai décidé d'être heureux parce que c'est bon pour la santé. > Voltaire > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel > -- Sent from my mobile device ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
