Re: [boost] [Subversion switch] Abandoned sandbox directories/projects?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-04 18:47:43

on Mon Apr 02 2007, Doug Gregor <dgregor-AT-cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>
>> Doug Gregor wrote:
>>
>>>    - boost-sandbox: This is where most development goes on. This
>>> directory will live on to become "the sandbox" in the Boost
>>> Subversion repository.
>>>
>>>    - database: This appears to be some work toward a database
>>> library. I plan to move its contents into boost-sandbox/libs/ 
>>> database.
>>
>> Wouldn't it be a good idea to mandate a particular layout for sandbox
>> projects ? I have added an 'xml' directory / project to the toplevel
>> boost-sandbox directory, but I also see other projects spread across
>> boost-sandbox/boost/, boost-sandbox/libs/, etc., i.e. without a single
>> entry point.
>
> I assumed that the sandbox structure should mirror that of the  
> standard Boost repository.

That makes it very hard to use one sandbox project without accepting
whatever headers are in all the others.

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