Re: [boost] Application need a Review Manager. Anyone is interested?

Subject: Re: [boost] Application need a Review Manager. Anyone is interested?
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-04-20 12:29:32

On 20 Apr 2014 at 12:10, Renato Forti wrote:

> Quick, Boost.Process is used to start a new process, Boost.Application is
> the process in fact. Boost.Application provides a model/environment 
to
> build any application, not start an application.

Sure, I got that, but from the 90 seconds I looked at your docs it 
wasn't clear to me why you appeared to be replacing instead of 
extending Boost.Process. Of course you may not be replacing, but that 
wasnt't obvious in 90 seconds of looking.

> http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/756866/Build-a-Server-Application-using-Application-Libra
> http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/695937/Creating-a-New-Application-Mode

Those articles give the impression that you're reinventing a lot of 
Boost, yet from the docs I suspect you're actually providing 
wrappers/plugins for various bits of Boost.

Yeah, I'd definitely redouble my advice to break up Application into 
smaller, standalone, reusable bits. The problem with any overarching 
framework is that it's a vision (i.e. your vision), and other 
people's visions never peer review well, whether in academia, here in 
Boost, or anywhere. Also, unless you're a member of Boost's steering 
committee and/or on the C++ standards committee, any vision you 
propose probably won't be given any benefit of the doubt 
unfortunately.

Niall

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