Re: [boost] Breaking existing libraries

Subject: Re: [boost] Breaking existing libraries
From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-03 17:30:28

David Abrahams wrote:
> on Mon Nov 24 2008, "Henrik Sundberg" <storangen-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   
>> This relates to another thread. Should libraries be marked as
>> stable/experimental?
>>     
>
> I like it, but I would prefer stable/new.  Libraries that aren't new
> shouldn't be unstable, and rewrites would make the library "new" again.
>   

This raises the obvious question: Where do you trace the line between a 
minor change ('fix') and a rewrite ? And how do you enforce it ?

Thanks,
       Stefan

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