As far as I know, that's because Boost's API is usually not backwards compatible between releases, therefore some package that builds with boost 1.37 may not build with boost 1.38 (without changes), and so on.
For more details on the issue, see this thread on a Debian mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2009/02/msg00614.html -- boost vs boost1.37 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/338893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
