Re: [boost] Compliance with Boost copyright and license guidelines

-----Original Message----- From: Boost On Behalf Of degski via Boost Sent: 22 August 2019 04:53 To: boost Cc: degski Subject: Re: [boost] Compliance with Boost copyright and license guidelines

On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 at 17:22, Paul A Bristow via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

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PS I'm willing to accept that Python is a low bar (though it is yet another widget to install for Microsoftys). But it's got to work 😉

The python installation process is at least a lot easier than to install Boost

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/python/python-in-the-windows-10-may-2019-upda... It's even easier than I thought - I idly open a dosbox and typed Python and lo this came up. Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.295] (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Paul>python Python 3.7.0 (v3.7.0:1bf9cc5093, Jun 27 2018, 04:59:51) [MSC v.1914 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

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So no excuse here. But I am still concerned that we are reinventing the wheel here. What is really lacking from the original inspect program? (I think it is documentation - `what to do' in particular and I'm making progress with improving that). Paul Paul A. Bristow Prizet Farmhouse Kendal, Cumbria LA8 8AB UK