Re: [boost] Once accepted, when does a library undergo further review?

Subject: Re: [boost] Once accepted, when does a library undergo further review?
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-07 06:46:43

On 6 Jan 2014 at 13:33, Nevin Liber wrote:

> > Also, more controversial features, techniques or ideas which wouldn't
> > pass peer review are deliberately kept till after admission.
> 
> Do you have an example of this?

Well, I'm not going to name names when anyone interested can search 
this list's historical archives for when people complain loudly about 
changes. There is a library whose internals have seen a lot of recent 
and radical change, and it regularly breaks AFIO. I'm not alone in 
experiencing such breakage, but personally speaking I support such 
changes as they are a positive thing, even with the extra work they 
cause me in keeping up.

> IMHO, this seems like it would be an abuse of the trust given to Boost
> developers. 

I would call it a *consequence* of the trust given to Boost 
developers. They earned that trust by achieving passing peer review, 
a no small feat.

Niall

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