On 09/13/2010 02:16 PM, jean-pierre charras wrote: > Le 13/09/2010 16:47, Wayne Stambaugh a écrit : > >> Is there a set criteria for the Boost include files that are part of Kicad? >> > I do not know the advantage of boost::shared_ptr, so I am talking just about > Boost include files in Kicad. > Only needed files are included in Kicad, because the full Boost package (only > the .hpp files) is 68 Mbyte large. > Currently in Kicad in 19 Mb large. > Including the full Boost header could increase significantly time to > commit/update Kicad changes, > download the full sources, or create a new branch for testing purpose, > and (under Windows only), the access time to kicad directory when opening > them with Explorer. > Spare time is the reason why only a minimal subset is in Kicad. > > I saw some other open source project which do the same thing as Kicad > (include only the needed subset of boost files). > > Of course, when other files are needed, they can (and must) be added. > Recently, I added the boost polygon library > ( Unfortunately, due to some bugs in this library, currently I cannot use it > like I want ) >
Is there a document somewhere to remind us at what boost version our included subset is at? Like a readme file or something. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
