Niall Douglas wrote:
Most of the world using git has no problems with git submodules.
You just don't listen, do you? You can't have git submodules in a Boost distribution. It's an archive.
The partially preprocessed edition reduces compile times for end users.
You don't listen, do you? The objection is not against having a preprocessed edition. Have it. There's no problem with it.
There is no such requirement for acceptance. Internal standalone utility libraries have a long history in Boost.
Not listening, are we? Internal standalone utility libraries have a long history in Boost, as long as they are completely contained within their libs/$library directory. Once again, you can't have a git submodule in a Boost distribution, which is an archive. I give up. You're hopeless.