[boost] Re: boost 1.32 acknowledgements

From: Stefan Slapeta (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-11-18 10:30:41

Daryle Walker wrote:

> 
> Since everyone so far was gushing with joy over the suggestion, I guess I
> have to step in personally to be the kill-joy objector.
> 
> The "1.32" moniker implies that there have been (around) 31 previous
> releases.  What makes Aleksey's so special?  Has he been faster than
> previous releases by Beman or Dave (or whoever else)? 

To be honest, I have no idea why you can think that one release manager 
is be better than another only because he is faster. IMO, to thank a the 
release manager doesn't mean to make any kind of ranking!

> I colloquially feel
> that this release round has taken too long, but I won't officially complain
> since I never did a "bytes of added/changed code" per "release preparation
> time" analysis for all the releases.
> 

Actually, this time there were many new libraries included (more than in 
previous releases) that caused many more tests being necessary and many 
regressions to be fixed. Although I would have been glad if this release 
came earlier, I'm sure that it's much more important to release the 
library in a _very_ good state than to release it fast. I never got the 
impression that there was too much time wasted as there were many 
regressions to fix at any time!

> The only objection I have concerns the cartoon.  Yes, I think it's too
> childish.

I've no such feelings (but I've also heard people saying Gary Larson is 
childish, so...).

>  I know this response is too late since Dave has already
> implemented the idea, but can he yank the cartoon, if Dave actually included
> it?  (I haven't seen the updated page yet.)  

I really hope he won't.

Stefan