Re: [boost] Development and Release Practices

From: Marcus Lindblom (macke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-07 11:42:30

Beman Dawes wrote:
> David Abrahams wrote:
>   
>> on Tue Aug 07 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
>>     
>>> Ah! I wasn't happy with 'core' either, but failed to come up with 
>>> anything better. "Prerequisite" is definitely better.
>>>       
>> I would use "dependent" and "dependency."
>>     
>
> The trouble with those is that they describe a library that depends on
> another. We need a word to describe the library being depended upon.
>   
I've used 'dependee', but I'm not sure if it's correct English.

(IMHO it makes sufficient sense when discussing dependencies back and 
forth. :)

/Marcus