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Subject: Re: [boost] Phoenix3 port to proto complete
From: Daniel Walker (daniel.j.walker_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-24 08:51:21


On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Thomas Heller
<thom.heller_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:07 PM, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> At Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:42:48 +0800,
>> Joel de Guzman wrote:
>>>
>>> > And how is anybody supposed to find this from a Boost distribution when
>>> > Phoenix is not listed as a library ? My understanding is that Phoenix
>>> > works outside of Spirit and so should be documented separately, with
>>> > whatever links Spirit decides to have to it being Spirit's own business.
>>> > But if I am wrong and Phoenix is a library only to be used from Spirit,
>>> > or always to be connected to Spirit and never used otherwise, I will
>>> > gladly stand corrected.
>>>
>>> :-) Patience...
>>>
>>> Phoenix has since been a Spirit sub-library until its Boost review sometime
>>> ago. After we get all things in order and after a mini-review, Phoenix
>>> will be a full fledged Boost citizen and will have a top level documentation.
>>
>> Why a mini-review?  Haven't you now met all the conditions of
>> Phoenix' conditional acceptance?
>
> IIRC, a mini review was one of the points for conditional acceptance.

Yes, that's my recollection as well. But really, it's just a
formality. This project has been nurtured for years by some of the
brightest minds in the Boost community. That's has done more for
Phoenix than any review could! :-)

Daniel Walker


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