Re: [boost] "Is Boost Broken?". - post script

Subject: Re: [boost] "Is Boost Broken?". - post script
From: Johannes Brunen (JBrunen_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-12 04:31:25

Hello Robert,

"Robert Ramey" <ramey_at_[hidden]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:hsbnvs$ui7$1_at_dough.gmane.org...
> Last night I gave my presentation "Is Boost Broken?".  I just wanted to 
> add a few observations now that I've had an opportunity to sleep on it.
>
> Those who are interested, can download the powerpoint presentation at 
> http://www.rrsd.com/software_development/boost/BoostCon2010/index.htm .  A 
> large part of the content was really contained in the response from the 
> participants which is not available.  Someday there maybe a video in which 
> you'll be able to appreciate my bombastic personal delivery.
>
Thank you for sharing these. A video would be great for those who can't 
attend the BoostCon but would nevertheless participate.

I just did read the slides and I very much like your proposals, especially 
the two phase review proposal. It would imho really a great advance.

Did I get it right that the testing should only cover the certified 
libraries? What happens if one central library loses its certified status 
and other libraries are depending on this one?

Should if also be possible to deploy all the accepted and not certified 
libraries at once?

I would like to see the additional requirement that for getting the 
acceptance status, a library should not only compile on two compiler 
platforms but on the current major platforms (e.g. gcc and msvc [open for 
discussion...]).

Might it be neccessary to install a lifetime policy for the libraries 
classified as accepted? I see the problem that libraries are written against 
very old platforms and are practically unusable on current platforms.

Best,
Johannes