# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line # up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|' # on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':'. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| boost: boost (Boost C++ Libraries) boost: boost: Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. boost: The emphasis is on libraries that work well with the C++ Standard boost: Library. One goal is to establish "existing practice" and provide boost: reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable boost: for eventual standardization. boost: boost: Homepage: https://www.boost.org/ boost: boost: