Thomas Klimpel wrote
Some of the accepted boost libraries seem to receive only minimal maintenance by their original authors, and making it easier to contribute libraries to boost would probably only increase the number of libraries in minimal maintenance mode. So I guess the recent efforts to encourage the boost community members to spend some maintenance time on libraries they haven't authored is exactly the right thing to do for the current situation.
Agreed, that is a problem, but different from the one I'm trying to emphasize here.
I'm not sure whether you want to highlight the excessive quality criteria for acceptance into boost here, or the lack of review managers.
Probably more the lack of review managers. I wish more of the core boost library developers would step up and mentor new library submissions. Not sure why they don't. Its actually quite fun.
But the sandbox is actually quite a nice place to flesh out a potential library. And there is quite a number of libraries in the sandbox that are currently in active flesh out mode, and will stay in that mode for quite some time.
The sandbox is just a nice place to dump a library. Most are quickly abandoned and receive very little attention. Why? Exposure, they need exposure. Having a place in for the promising experimental libraries to to get some exposure, and where the authors can toot how great their library is would be fun for all involved. That's why I come to boost -- for an exchange of ideas and to be inspired by others. The sandbox does not do that for me. Having libraries in the experimental branch would focus everyone attention on the upcoming libraries. Nothing can focus a library's authors attention if he knows that his library is getting exposure and being noticed by others. I played a part in developing the the review queue, but it never changes. I don't like how its evolved and its stuck in the status quo. The review queue does not give enough exposure and its now taking about a year to get your library reviewed. Uggh. Actually, I would like to see that the review queue is abandoned and replaced with the experimental branch. The only important review would then be when to decide when the library has matured enough to move it from the non-stable to the stable branch of boost. The review wizards would manage this process. It would be much more fun for all involved. The current system is stale and not inspiring the level of innovation that I believe is possible here.