Re: Boost website changes and .'cxxstd'

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2021-01-11 13:11:49

On 1/11/2021 6:40 AM, Alexander Grund via Boost wrote:
> 
>>>
>>> Can we get a list of changes requested on the current implementation?
>>
>> The initial change has been done correctly, which is to provide a "C++ 
>> standard minimum level" display field for each library which has its 
>> JSON field of "cxxstd" set to some value. I also have agreed with 
>> Peter Dimov's remark, which was also suggested earlier in this thread, 
>> that the "Standard" display field for each library should be removed, 
>> since it's meaning is obsolete and now also confusing. I have also 
>> suggested that if we are removing the "Standard" display field we 
>> should also remove the "Standard Proposals" and "TR1 libraries" sort 
>> categories, which are likewise obsolete.
>>
>> I personally think that since we now have a "C++ standard minimum 
>> level" display field it would also be nice to be able to have a sort 
>> category based on that display field called, let's say, "C++ Minimum". 
> 
> Fully agreed.
> 
> And my remark was that (at least for me) "C++ standard minimum level" is 
> to long and doesn't fully display on the website leading to "C++ 
> standard minimum lev11" to be shown instead of  "C++ standard minimum 
> level : 11"

I am good with changing that. Maybe just "C++ standard minimum". I am 
worried that if we just specify "C++ standard" or "C++ level" there will 
be programmers who think that if they see, let's say, "11" that they 
will not be able to use that library unless they are compiling with 
exactly C++11. I know that may sound ridiculous, but the less confusion 
the better.