Re: What is this "Beman Project Development"?

From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-05-07 17:07:17

On 07/05/2024 16:11, Peter Dimov via Boost wrote:

>> I see a number of long standing Boost folk involved.
>>
>> I am very much out of the loop of all things C++ recently (indeed, I now write C
>> not C++ for the day job), so obviously things have been a'happening in the
>> background, resources allocated, decisions taken.
>>
>> It would be nice if some of those long standing Boost folk could explain some
>> more.
> 
> I agree with Niall. It would be good if those behind the new project can explain
> what they are trying to do and what the Boost Foundation's role is.
> 
> It's not like we can't easily draw and share our own conclusions in the absence
> of such explanation, but it would still be good to hear them out first.

I was just about to say "aren't you **on** the Boost Foundation board?" 
and just there was an email from Sankel to confirm that you are.

Are you saying that you - who serves on the Boost Foundation board - 
were unaware of this effort and cannot explain much about it?

For starters:

How was the name chosen?

What is wrong with Boost for this role?

Is there going to be a different library review process than Boost's, 
and if so, why and what is sought to be changed about Boost's process?

This must be the sixth to tenth attempt at a "standards focused library 
collection" all of which petered out because the committee did not elect 
to standardise more than a tiny portion of what was proposed (and even 
then, often with many design changes which broke compatibility with the 
wider collection). What makes this different from all the previous 
attempts, which in many cases caused the authors to leave C++ entirely 
after experiencing the standardisation process?

Niall