Re: [boost] [website] Libraries list FYI...

From: Martin Bonner (martin.bonner_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-23 09:30:46

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From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden]
[mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of Andy Little Sent:
23 February 2006 13:50 To: boost_at_[hidden]
Subject: Re: [boost] [website] Libraries list FYI...

> "Rene Rivera" wrote
> 
>> I have a "static" version of the libraries list which uses the
>> single XML data file: 
>> 
>> <http://boost.redshift-software.com/doc/libs>
> 
> No doubt the web page has moved on...  but the 'available' field
> looks like a bit like a date and somehow suggests the library
> was/will be available on that date. A good alternative word  might
> be 'vintage' . Among other references the 
> Shorter Oxford english dictionary defines vintage as:
> 
> "
> Used with reference to the age or year of a good wine, usually
> connoting one of good or outstanding quality.
> "
> 
> ... which seems to have a certain ring about it.

How about "First released"?  The problem with "available" (and
"vintage") is that there is a hint that the library was LAST available
as of that release.

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