Re: [boost] The future and present of Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] The future and present of Boost
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-10-21 20:23:25

On 10/21/18 2:33 PM, Antony Polukhin via Boost wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2018, 18:51 Robert Ramey via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> <...>
>
>> Boost has a reason to continue and exist. But Boost is also a committee
>> - albeit a better designed one. It has to evolve as well. I think it can
>> evolve if we continue to work on the stuff we've been successful at
>> while at the same time experimenting with new ideas.
>>
> +1.
>
> I'm really interested in having all the C++2x prototypes in Boost. Looks
> like everyone would benefit from that. Is that a reasonable idea?

Boost now consists of >150 libraries, a number of them barely
maintained. Who do you propose would maintain those additional projects ?

I think before we can even think of an endeavour of that scale, we
should fix the scalability issues we already have.

Stefan

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