macOS Vowpal Wabbit distribution fixed for V8.Next

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macOS Vowpal Wabbit distribution fixed for V8.Next #21

Open coatless opened 5 years ago

coatless commented 5 years ago

We'll likely be able to launch on CRAN with the new set of changes given here:

https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/pull/1994

eddelbuettel commented 5 years ago

Not sure I understand the title. What is "V8.Next" ?

The PR, if I read it correctly, fixes what gets included. Was that our hold-up? Would we get enough Boost otherwise?

coatless commented 5 years ago

V8.Next is the code name for their next software release.

PR-wise, this addresses the file copy issue in #20. Regarding boost, that may be accurate as it requires more than just headers...

eddelbuettel commented 5 years ago

Ack for "V8.Next". You can tell I don't follow upstream that closely.

As for Boost we need to see. The main() of VW always relied on program_options and linking... I think we're in a similar situation as with mlpack. Close but maybe not there yet.

We'll see how things change with a new Windoze toolchain. Looks like this may happen after all.