On 10 June 2014 21:20, Beman Dawes
The Boost Library Incubator (www.blincubator.com) is a web site conceived, designed, and implemented to alleviate the log-jam of libraries waiting to be reviewed by Boost. It helps new library submitters through the process, encourages development of an initial user base, and accumulates feedback in the form of comments, test results and Boost style reviews.
The Boost Steering Committee has voted to recommend using the Boost Library Incubator as a prelude to getting a library reviewed by Boost. The Steering Committee recommends libraries currently in the Boost review queue be added to the Incubator by their developers.
The relationship between Boost and the Incubator is purely informal, but there as several things Boosters can do to help make the Incubator a success. Authors can submit their libraries and respond to feedback. Users can experiment with submitted libraries and provide feedback on their experience. WordPress/php developers can contribute enhancements to the Boost Library Incubator implementation.
The steering committee extends its thanks to Robert Ramey for launching the Boost Library Incubator!
--The Boost Steering Committee
This is a great effort. I'm not sure if the following fits in, but a big 'concern'/'issue' is the lack of follow up for older libraries that have been accepted and whose author(s) is not available any more. For instance, evolving existing libraries to c++1? features would be great for a number of libs(multi_array for instance).... Can this incubator facilitate reporting availability of author, and/or taking over by new volunteer developers? Rds,