Re: [boost] Header dependency analysis unavailable for 1.29.0

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-19 13:03:16

From: "Beman Dawes" <bdawes_at_[hidden]>

> Thomas,
>
>  >On Thursday 19 September 2002 19:26, Beman Dawes wrote:
>  >> Comments?
>  >
>  >Partly I suspect this to be a result of the use of more fine grained
>  >headers.
>  >
>  >The headercount increases while the actual dependencies decrease.
>
> Yes, agreed, but that makes it all the more imperative that we find a
good
> way to report dependencies.
>
> Using headers as the dependency metric isn't working.  We need to figure
> how to make a "library dependency" metric work.
>
> We probably need a FAQ entry that explains why we often use fine grained
> headers, and their advantages.

I've been working informally with a company that specializes in tools for
project management and dependency analysis, with an emphasis on showing the
information that really matters. I think they might be interested in
helping us publish a graph of our header dependencies which gives a good
sense of what's happening. I'll see what they say...

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