[boost] Re: Re: Re: Traits-based design and ODR

From: Andrei Alexandrescu (andrewalex_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-03 10:16:44

"Greg Colvin" <greg_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
news:5.1.0.14.0.20020502190540.02ae0b40_at_GMMAIL...
> At 06:41 PM 05/02/2002, you wrote:
>
> >As I wrote in my post "Adding Loki to Boost: reprise", I believe
that it's
> >best I don't put myself in a negotiator's position.
>
> By "we" I meant "us".  That is, Boost.  And our style of
> negotiation tends toward vigorous, exaggerated argument,
> which is half the fun of it all.  Especially when, in the
> end, we find ourselves in violent agreement.

It's true it might be fun to some. Something has to be said, though.

The drawback is that it tends to scare off many. This has the
unfortunate potential effect of admitting libraries from people with
better negotiating/marketing/debating skills, rather than libraries
that are technically better.

For what it's worth, following my post "Adding Loki to Boost:
reprise", in which I kindly ask for Boost's help in adopting Loki, I
got many private emails from several categories of people: (1) some
who have had a library admitted into Boost and who wished me good
luck, mentioning that they are too corroded by the admission process
to be able to post anything in Loki's favor; (2) some who do
participate to boost's discussions sometimes and promised technical
help, /if I make it through the debate process alone/, (3) lurkers
(some of whom are prominent in the C++ community) who wished me luck
as well, but told me that I am alone in posting, because they can't
cope with the debate anymore.

Andrei