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Subject: Re: [boost] [git] Library metadata
From: Mathias Gaunard (mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-06-04 14:57:06


On 04/06/13 20:53, Daniel James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is anyone thinking about storing library metadata in modules? I'm
> thinking about this in context of the data required for the website,
> it'd be nice to automatically pull that from the library modules
> rather than having to maintain it myself, but I guess this might be
> something that others are thinking about (e.g. for the expected test
> failures, the library maintainer). So I was wondering if anyone has
> any plans?
>
> For anyone who isn't aware of it, the website data is stored in an xml file at:
>
> http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/website/public_html/live/doc/libraries.xml
>
> Of course, it could be desirable to store modularized metadata in a
> different format.

I think it's a great idea. But in a modularized setup, where would the
category definitions go?


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