Re: [boost] The problems with Boost development

Subject: Re: [boost] The problems with Boost development
From: Rhys Ulerich (rhys.ulerich_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-19 12:00:12

>>> A couple of months some of us suggested a change of mission, for boost to become
>>> something akin to the apache foundation, i.e. an umbrella organization for (mostly)
>>> independent projects.

> ... we should also take into account the difficultly we cause distributions.

A potentially interesting model/solution might be for Boost to become
Apache-like and also to follow Eclipse's multiple simultaneous release
cycle idea (e.g. Eclipse Ganymede, Galileo, etc.).  Individual
contributing subprojects release on whatever timescale is appropriate
for them, but periodically the whole foundation makes a push and
releases a cohesive, comparatively well tested, longer lived
collection of the subprojects in a single release.  The distributions
could better plan around such multiple simultaneous releases.

This model has worked extremely well for the open source and
commercial needs of the Eclipse folks.

>>  So, I would like to ask that everybody
>> who is somehow involved in *development* -- whether in writing code, triaging bugs,
>> sending patches, or managing thing, list three most important problems with Boost now.

My qualifications with respect to formal development, so please take
this with a grain of salt.

- Rhys