[sldev] Define for wiki: Boost hell...?

[Thomas Grimshaw]

Hey Rob,

I'm not sure if "not possible" is right;  cmake would just have to 
detect the build environment and download the
appropriate libraries /and/ headers, based on my experience with it (I 
build under VS2008 as a matter of course).

~Tom

Rob Lanphier wrote:
> I'm assuming you're referring to this page:
> https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Microsoft_Windows_Builds
>
> The problem is that it's not possible to provide precompiled Boost
> libraries that work for both VS 2005 and VS 2008. Since Linden Lab has
> standardized on VS 2005, that's what we provide. Unfortunately,
> Microsoft has stopped supporting VS 2005 Express, only offering VS 2008
> Express, so there is a strong desire to have VS 2008-compatible
> libraries from a number of people who want to use the free libraries.
>
> Rob
>
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