Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'

Subject: Re: [boost] Request for a "Policy Review" regarding 'CMakeLists.txt'
From: David Sankel (camior_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-05-17 01:18:25

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:59 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 10:51 PM, David Sankel <camior_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:52 PM, David Sankel <camior_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 8:48 PM, Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 10:32 PM, David Sankel <camior_at_[hidden]>
> > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >     We recommend and propose that the Boost Guidelines are
> modified
> > > to
> > > > > > allow library authors, at their own discretion, to include a
> > > > > > 'CMakeLists.txt' file in their library's top-level directory.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Please indicate what specific wording changes you want to the
> > > > requirements
> > > > > and guidelines you are proposing so that we can have a meaningful
> and
> > > > > concrete discussion.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > What I stated above is clear enough. Lets not get distracted or
> delayed
> > > > with minutiae.
> > > >
> > >
> > > OK.. Can you do a PR in github then?
> >
> >
> > Let me try to put this in another way. Everyone in this discussion
> > understands what is being requested. This is not like a C++
> standardization
> > proposal which requires a legalese wording section. If and when this
> > proposal is accepted, relevant documentation can be amended as needed.
> The
> > important thing here is whether or not this is something that we want.
> The
> > consensus so far seems to be in the affirmative.
> >
>
> Right.. But as a volunteer organization nothing happens without someone
> actually doing the work. And in this case the work is coming up with
> wording changes to the documentation. I.e. changes to the HTML of the web
> site.

Finding someone to add a sentence or two to a website shouldn't be a
problem. I, and probably several others, would be more than happy to do it
upon a positive outcome of this discussion.

-- David Sankel