[boost] Re: Naming Proposed Libraries

From: Jonathan Turkanis (technews_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-05 10:42:48

David Abrahams wrote:
> When discussing libraries in public that are under development but not
> yet accepted into Boost, I think it's problematic to refer to "The
> Boost <whatever> library" or "Boost.<whatever>" without qualification.
> Our peer-review process is respected, and these libraries are not yet
> officially blessed by Boost.  I don't want to dilute the value of
> Boost acceptance.  Can we please make a habit of prepending "The
> proposed" or something similar?  For example, I suggest "The proposed
> Boost Interfaces library.

I understand the problem. With the interfaces library, the documentation
contains a prominent disclaimer, and so does every source file.

I can't think of anything better right now, but to me "proposed" suggests that
the libray is in the review queue.

> Thanks!

Jonathan