Re: [boost] [website] Proposal for new page - Libraries By Type

From: Rene Rivera (grafik.list_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-17 19:08:13

Andy Little wrote:
> "Rene Rivera"  wrote
>> David Abrahams wrote:
>>> "Andy Little" writes:
>>>
>>>> Not sure whether Javascript is acceptable though? ( hmm if Javascript can do
>>>> it.. havent used it for a long time )
>>>>
>>>> (hmm......I wonder if  he's still laughing ) .......   ;-)
>>> No, this is deadly serious: if you feel like coding it up, we can
>>> always try it for comparison :).  Last I checked, JavaScript is
>>> acceptable if not having JavaScript doesn't make the information
>>> inaccessible.
>> PHP is also acceptable, and as compared to JavaScript, more portable.
>> The new library list, the alphabetical one, is a PHP page so that it
>> shows the libraries available based on the release.
> 
> Currently I need to get my physical quantities library sorted out and make a 
> formal review request, so  I reckon I'll leave this until the new website is up. 
> I've also got a vague idea to investigate a boost GUI... Meanwhile if anyone 
> else feels inspired... please dont feel you'll be stepping on my toes ..... ;-)

Already working on it ;-)

>> And having a list with "columns" that can be sorted might be a
>> reasonable way to manage it. It need not be displayed as columns, as
>> that takes up more room. But having the various information available
>> and sortable is very useful.
> 
> I suppose a full blown relational database is out of the question?

No.

> Seriously 
> isnt that the right way to do this?

Possibly. The fact that it's relational data doesn't require that it be 
stored in MySQL (the DB SourceForge provides). What I'm doing now is 
making an XML dataset of the libraries, to read in and display. The idea 
being that an XML file is easier for others to maintain than poking at 
MySQL directly (small example attached). Another benefit is that such a 
file could be used by others outside of Boost, possibly even for what 
you mention below.

> Or is that the status quo?  If one wanted to 
> do a more modular boost then that data would also be used to generate modules or 
> packages on demand, the regression results go in, etc, etc.

That would be considerably more work than just some tabular data display.

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