Re: [boost] TR2 is dead; multiple TR's coming instead

Subject: Re: [boost] TR2 is dead; multiple TR's coming instead
From: Brian Wood (woodbrian77_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-18 15:40:19

Beman Dawes :

> The C++ committee met last week. There was lot's of discussion and
> plans to markedly increase the size of the standard library. Boost has
> an important part to play; Bjarne Stroustrup hoped for "doubling the
> output of Boost."

Sounds like Pharoah, but I'm sure he meant to be encouraging.

>
> Here are some of the process changes:
>
> * Library proposals will be taken on as "work Items". A decision as to
> whether a work item ends up in a technical report, in the standard
> itself, or even becomes a stand-alone international standard, will be
> deferred until technical work is complete (I.E. full standardese
> complete, polished, and ready to ship).
>
> * Domain specific "Study Groups" will replace the LWG's current
> sub-groups. Study groups have official ISO standing, so can get more
> work done between meetings than the old sub-groups, which were
> unofficial.
>
> * Technical reports will likely be smaller than in the past, and may
> be domain specific.

How will they be named?  I'm fine with multiple TRs, but calling the
next one TR2 seems reasonable to me.

>
> These changes are intended to allow work on different libraries to
> proceed in parallel. Medium to large libraries managed by study groups
> will most likely end up as a TRs and will ship when ready rather than
> being held waiting for a larger TR to become ready.
>
> The study groups set up so far:
>
> * SG1: Concurrency and Parallelism (chair: Hans Boehm). This is the
> old Concurrency sub-group.
>
> * SG2: Modules (chair: Doug Gregor). A new sub-group of the
> committee's evolution working group (EWG).

I'm hoping there will be support for partial classes here.  I don't think
Vandevoorde's proposal takes this into account.   Is there another
modules proposal?

>
> * SG3: File System (chair: Beman Dawes). A LWG sub-group to handle the
> Boost.Filesystem work item approved at the meeting.
>
> * SG4: Networking (chair: Kyle Kloepper). A LWG sub-group to handle
> the Boost.Asio work item approved at the meeting.
>

It looks like cryptography is slipping through the cracks.  If there are
signs of life in the crypto lib you're using please let me know.

> There should be a "Call for Library Proposals" in the committee's
> post-meeting mailing in roughly 10 days.

While C++ needs more libraries, I'd like to see it get rid of/improve
some existing libraries.  Herb mentioned valarray being little used.
I think that's right.

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