Re: [boost] [modularization] proposal and poll

Subject: Re: [boost] [modularization] proposal and poll
From: Julian Gonggrijp (j.gonggrijp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-06-01 08:39:13

Op 30 mei 2014 om 16:33 heeft "Peter Dimov" <lists_at_[hidden]> het volgende geschreven:

> Stephen Kelly wrote:
> 
>> I recommend you return to the question of whether Boost wants to modularize or not.
> 
> The root of the problem is that absence of modularity is (a) invisible, and (b) carries no cost.
> 
> It is invisible because there is no current easy way for developers and users to see a dependency report.

100% agree here.

> 
> It carries no cost because currently Boost developers pay no price at all for introducing a dependency and derive no benefit from severing one. (Realistically, neither do most users.)

Everyone except for the maintainer pays a price for additional 
dependencies. Hence everyone except for the maintainer also benefits 
from fewer dependencies. This is an issue that has been raised before.

I do agree that having visible dependencies would increase the incentive 
for maintainers to reduce those dependencies. Making the dependencies 
visible is an intended side effect of part 2 of my plan.

-Julian