[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1049: liblas specifies libboost version

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#1049: liblas specifies libboost version
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 Reporter:  darkblueb  |        Owner:  live-demo@…              
     Type:  defect     |       Status:  closed                   
 Priority:  normal     |    Milestone:  OSGeoLive7.0             
Component:  LiveDVD    |   Resolution:  wontfix                  
 Keywords:  7.0        |  
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Comment(by kalxas):

 Replying to [comment:7 hamish]:
 > > install_liblas specifies libboost 1.46,
 >
 > (it's standard to ubuntu 12.04)
 >
 > > but time has passed,
 >
 > not if we're using 12.04.
 >
 > > and some other project appears to use 1.49 for something..
 >
 >  $ apt-cache rdepends libboost-regex1.49.0
 >
 > shows that it is tilemill's aftermarket libmapnik which is using it.
 everything else uses 1.46. boost tends to put out a new one every couple
 of months.
 >
 > > It would save some space for there to be only one libboost version..
 >
 > it's only 1.3mb for the three 1.49.0 packages combined. not worth the
 fuss IMO. The killer is libboost-dev, that brings in hundreds of mb of
 stuff.
 >
 > Upgrading to a newer ubuntu would solve the problem, but only if the
 aftermarket packages people install (can) stick to the mainline.
 >
 >
 > Hamish

 +1 Angelos

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1049#comment:8>
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