[Boost-users] Relationships between libraries and Boost (was: Re: [TR1] Where is the TR1 library?)

From: Scott Meyers (usenet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-02-16 01:55:09

Jeff Garland wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:37:32 -0800, Scott Meyers wrote
>>                                          this suggests that just 
>>because a library has been accepted by Boost doesn't mean it will 
>>show up in the list at http://boost.org/libs/libraries.htm.  Can 
>>somebody please explain to me what are probably the basics of what 
>>it means to be "in" Boost >
> 
> It just means that the TR1 library isn't in the current boost release (1.33.1)
> that you can download.  It's been accepted and is in the mainline repository
> -- hence it is being regression tested and prepared for the next release.

Now that I think about it some more, I'm confused.  My understanding is that a 
library can be in one of the following states:
- In the current distribution.
- Accepted but not yet in the current distribution (includes provisionally 
accepted).
- In the process of being reviewed.

But I also hear a lot about libraries being in the Boost sandbox, and I don't 
really know what that means.  Is this explained somewhere?  If not, can somebody 
give me an overview of the different ways in which a library can be associated 
with Boost?

In the past, my relationship with Boost was simple:  from time to time, I 
downloaded the current release and went my merry way.  Now I understand that the 
current release doesn't cover everything in Boost, and I'd like to better 
understand the other relationships that a library can have with Boost.

Thanks,

Scott