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From: René Ferdinand Rivera Morell (grafikrobot_at_[hidden])
Date: 2020-06-27 02:20:38


On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 9:02 PM Zach Laine via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> - The build system and other infrastructure is unlike anything
> anywhere else, and super obscure, because it is not documented well
> enough to do anything but copy/paste from an existing Boost lib. We
> could of course use something that is used more widely.
>

Not sure how many times it's been mentioned.. But build system integration
is not required, or expected, for the review.

> I want to see more std lib proposals come through Boost first, and I
> think a lot of you do, too.

I want less libs submitted to the standard. Which is not the same :-)

> However, for that to happen at a larger
> scale than what we're seeing today (which is me alone as far as I can
> tell), we would need to sand off those rough edges I mentioned. The
> status quo is that it's simply so much easier to submit straight to
> LEWG that only a crazy person would do otherwise (again, that would be
> me).
>

I'm truly questioning myself if I should go on a rant now :-\

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