Re: [boost] Proposal: formal update review

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-12 18:06:35

Pedro Lamarão <pedro.lamarao_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams escreveu:

>

>>> If the assumtion here were grounded we could just as well accept

>>> libraries directly because we trust the good jugdment of the author;

>>> but we don't, and there lies our "credibility".

>> 

>> Well, there's a "Zen of Boost" that I think you fail to appreciate

>> here.  We maintain the tension between autonomy and ownership on the

>> one hand, and oversight and review on the other.  It's one of the key

>> things that's made Boost successful, and I wouldn't want to change it.

>

> I suppose this conflict of interest 

I think "conflict of interest" is the wrong phrase here, but I know

what you mean.

> would not be as important if the Boost library release process would

> separate (more frequently) bugfix releases from new features

> releases.

I don't know what you mean by "would not be as important."

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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