Re: [boost] Development and Release Practices

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-08-07 11:02:57

Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Beman Dawes wrote:
>> A draft "Development and Release Practices" document is up on the Wiki: 
>> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Development_And_Release_Practices
>>
>> Comments welcomed!
> 
> Overall this sounds good. The one thing I'm not sure about is the introduced
> dichotomy between core and non-core libraries. Why not simply talk about
> prerequisite libraries as those libraries others depend on ?
> This reuses the technical term 'prerequisite', and doesn't overload the meaning
> of 'core'. In other words, whether or not a library belongs into the 'core' (whatever
> that is), and whether it is a prerequisite for another library, are two distinct and
> orthogonal questions.

Ah! I wasn't happy with 'core' either, but failed to come up with 
anything better. "Prerequisite" is definitely better.

Changed.

Thanks,

--Beman