Re: [boost] Boost regression notification (2006-11-08 [RC_1_34_0])

From: Arkadiy Vertleyb (vertleyb_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-09 16:23:49

"Martin Adrian" <adrianm_at_[hidden]> wrote
> Richard Newman <richard <at> cdres.com> writes:
>
>>
>> Is this a bad time to point out that the anniversary of Boost's last
>> release is in 28 days?  :)
>
> And on Saturday it is 9 months since the 1.34 feature freeze

And Boost is not getting any smaller, neither the amount of supported 
platforms is...  So how long will it be from 1.34 to 1.35?

IMO there exist a real problem which needs to be addressed somehow.  Any 
ideas?

I think there are two major bottlenecks.  First, the compiler availability. 
If people could try things on different compilers, and see the results 
before committing to CVS, much less things would get broken.  Maybe some 
service similar to comeau online could be established for other compilers?

Second, I think Boost is becomming too big.  Maybe splitting it into parts 
needs to be considered?  For example Boost.Core would have a separate 
release schedule, and the rest of Boost would be developed against the 
stable core?

Regards,
Arkadiy