Re: Fwd: [boost] Library devs only: Boost v2.x distro design questions

Subject: Re: Fwd: [boost] Library devs only: Boost v2.x distro design questions
From: Stefan Seefeld (stefan_at_[hidden])
Date: 2018-10-24 20:07:20

On 2018-10-24 04:00 PM, Mateusz Loskot wrote:

> Hi Stefan, Christian,
>
> Shall we agree on common ground for GIL?
>
> I think it would be better to speak as a team than posting
> individually - there's enough chaos already :-)

...but as I'm speaking for multiple library projects, I felt compelled 
to answer individually already. (Hope my answers weren't too much 
out-of-line with your expectations ;-) )

> I personally am willing to leave the answer to Stefan,
> as GIL team representative who is also interested
> and experienced regarding general Boost development
> direction, architecturing building, packaging configuration etc.
>
> We are already at C++11, but I don't mind jumping to C++17.

To be honest, I'm not entirely sure I understand what Niall is driving 
at. If we were looking for an opportunity to remove cruft from 
Boost.GIL, a move to "Boost 2" may provide such an opportunity. But 
then, we are already pretty liberally removing reliance on old 
standards, so not much would change for GIL itself. Right ?

But, moving to a fictitious "Boost 2" may provide an opportunity to 
break free from other problems we are being plagued with, notably 
concerning infrastructure. Things as moving towards full modularity or 
autonomy (choice of tools, build and release processes, etc.) would 
become easier to achieve. But then, given the specific questions Niall 
asked, I'm very much in doubt that that's what he has in mind.

Perhaps he just felt inspired by the discussion(s) triggered by Robert's 
various threads.

Stefan

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