Re: [boost] Boost version meaning

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost version meaning
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-24 12:16:33

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andreas Masur" <amasur_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Cc: <boost-users_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] Boost version meaning

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> 
> On Nov 23, 2008, at 3:44 PM, vicente.botet wrote:
> 
>> If we were to version individual Boost libraries which will be the  
>> apropiated schema? Should all the libraries follow the same schema?
>> What do you think of?
>>    X: complete rewriten or incompatible evolution
>>    Y: new functions or major bugs corrections
>>    Z: minor bugs corrections
> 
> Well...certainly any version scheme is adequate as long as everyone  
> follows it accordingly which is the main concern in my eyes. Having  
> said that, why not use the (common) version scheme open source  
> projects tend to use. A good example (as well as description) can be  
> found on the Apache APR site (http://apr.apache.org/versioning.html).

Hi,
Thanks for your pointer. This one is much more oriented to C and binary libraries not to C++ header only libraries. Do you think that it can be adapted to C++?
Have you other C++ OpenSource pointers? 

Thanks,

Vicente