-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 02 September 2008 10:57 am, Pfligersdorffer, Christian wrote:
Robert on Monday, August 25, 2008 7:04 PM:
This should make it apparent why I've never wanted to make a "portable binary archive" but left it as a demo or example. There is now way I could do this without making choice what some people would view as not being what they envision a "portable binary archive" to be. This would leave me with a life time task of defending these choices forever on this and other lists.
I think I understand now... the issue is a boiling pot :) I'm counting 50 replies to the topic already and there's no concensus. I do not think I want to be the one who tries to satisfy everybody. That's a daunting task...
This is boon and bane of the boost libraries.
I don't see how adding archive support for an existing standard portable binary format (like XDR) would be controversial. It's not like its existence would preclude the addition of another end-all beat-all portable binary format, if someone really decides they are determined to invent one. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIvV+S5vihyNWuA4URAgvCAJ96EPwy15H4QAY5gQ+iZCBelzcBHwCeOGky f6k+RmW+i7l2XJZjfakjS4c= =8fmQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----