Re: [boost] Boost policy for putting headers in boost/ Was: #3541 Support <boost/ptr_map.hpp>

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost policy for putting headers in boost/ Was: #3541 Support <boost/ptr_map.hpp>
From: Scott McMurray (me22.ca+boost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-23 08:57:32

2009/10/23 Thorsten Ottosen <thorsten.ottosen_at_[hidden]>:
>
> I'm not against it, but I feel we should agree on some common principle
> about when to put stuff directly in boost/.
>
> My own feeling is that we don't want to put everything in this directory.
> What does people think?
>

I remember discussions about implications for ease of merging, clarity
of ownership, and other such things that say we want as little as
possible outside of library-specific directories.

(The one possible exception being one header with the same name as the
directory that includes almost everything, primarily for getting
started purposes.)