Re: [boost] [Git] Modularization of Boost.Any, Boost.Array, and Boost.StaticAssert

Subject: Re: [boost] [Git] Modularization of Boost.Any, Boost.Array, and Boost.StaticAssert
From: Alexander Lamaison (awl03_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-29 06:12:02

Daniel Pfeifer <daniel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
>
> according to our preliminary modularization, the candidates Boost.Any,
> Boost.Array, and Boost.StaticAssert each have their own repository, even
> though each of them consists of a single header file only (disregarding
> tests, examples and documentation).
>
> I propose to put all three of them into the Boost.Utility repository.

Why?  What would that achieve?

One of the aims of Boost modularlisation effort is that projects can use
a minimal version of Boost that only includes the libraries they need.
The git repositories become the level of granularity for this, so the
smaller they are, the better.

Alex

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