On 08.12.2013 19:26, Kay Schenk wrote:
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short story -- I couldn't get things to work with 1.49, so I decided to try
1.54. Errors, but different. At first I WAS using 1.49.
Ok. That 1.49 didn't work is an interesting data point.
Is it OK to use this newer version because I'm getting errors [...]
There should be no general problem, but boost 1.49 wasn't regularly used
for building AOO, so the AOO may need some adaptions to work with boost
1.49.
The 1.54 boost version you are using is much newer than the AOO internal
version, which is version still at 1.48. We should upgrade our codebase
to work with the newer version and update the internal boost then. This
could solve many compile warnings that are spewed out for 1.48 and fix
some hard problems like the one with the Solaris compilers.
But as you saw such support for newer boost versions is more than just a
recompile. Making AOO build with newer boost versions may be an
interesting topic for a volunteer. One could leverage the experience of
the very popular boost library to dive into many corners of the AOO
codebase.
I'm not sure what some of this statement really means... but definitely a
worthwhile project for a volunteer!
By the way I created an enhancement issue [1] for upgrading to the
latest boost version. I also developed a patch that already works with
my systems and attached it to that issue.
[1] https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=123817
It would be interesting to know if that experimental patch to support
the new boost version works better for e.g. our Solaris ports? Please
test. Maybe upgrading to boost 1.55 is a good idea for the AOO 4.1 release.
Herbert
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