Re: [boost] Shouldn't both logging proposals be reviewed in the same formal review?

Subject: Re: [boost] Shouldn't both logging proposals be reviewed in the same formal review?
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-18 03:43:49

Andreas Huber wrote:

> According to the schedule, John Torjo's Log2 library will be reviewed soon
> (currently 3rd in the queue). There's another logging proposal by Andrey
> Semashev (currently 13th in the queue).
> 
> It seems to me that these proposals are sufficiently close in functionality
> that only one of them should be accepted into Boost.
> 
> Therefore, wouldn't it make sense to review both libraries in one (longer)
> formal review?

I think reviewing both at the same time is very desirable. At present, I don't
have an opinion whether both, only one, or neither should be accepted, but it's
seems unlikely that the right decision can be made while looking at a single library, 
and pretending the other one does not exist.

- Volodya