Re: [boost] RFC: Separating Boost.Python from Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] RFC: Separating Boost.Python from Boost
From: Oleg Grunin (ogrunin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-29 19:52:14

On 5/29/15 2:32 PM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> On 29/05/15 02:26 PM, Nevin Liber wrote:
>> On 29 May 2015 at 13:12, Stefan Seefeld <stefan_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>>> Again, no code changes are involved. Right now Boost.Python is built as
>>> part of a Boost build, and likewise is released as part of a Boost
>>> release. All I'm suggesting is to build and release Boost.Python
>>> stand-alone, against an external Boost installation.
>>>
>> Does that mean Boost.Python would no longer be part of a Boost release?
>
> That would be the goal, yes. (Boost.Python doesn't have any dependencies
> on recent Boost additions, so I expect it to be very stable with respect
> to ongoing development in the rest of the Boost code.)
>
>
>          Stefan
>

In what sense then, will Boost.Python, decoupled from Boost, remain 
Boost.Python and not SmthElse.Python?