From: David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com>
"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews@kangaroologic.com> writes:
To sum up, I prefer Dave's original suggestion, the "[proposed/contemplated/suggested] Boost Interfaces Library".
As far as I'm concerned, people can choose any one of the ways to talk/type that makes it clear that it's not yet an official Boost library. We don't have to all agree on a convention.
The acceptable mailing list and documentation practices should be documented, no? A section under "Effective Posting" (in more/discussion_policy.htm) would be useful to document appropriate subject tagging as well as this point. Here's a suggestion for consideration: <H2>Effective Posting</H2> <H3>Subjects</H3> Always start your subject with <KBD>[boost]</KBD>. Many use that tag to filter incoming mail. If your post is regarding a specific Boost library, add a <KBD>[</KBD><I>name</I><KBD>]</KBD> tag, where <I>name</I> is the library name in all lower case. <H3>Referencing Libraries</H3> Boost libraries are named <I>Boost.Name</I> or <I>The Boost Name Library</I>, where <I>Name</I> is the full name of the library. Libraries that are candidates for inclusion in Boost, whether at the conceptual stage or in the review queue, can be referenced without the <I>Boost</I> modifier or with the addition of <I>Candidate, </I>as in <I>Boost Candidate.Name</I> or <I>The Candidate Boost Name Library</I>. <H3>Quoting</H3> (insert existing text on quoting) <H3>Referencing Previous Messages</H3> (insert existing text on referencing messages) <H3>Effective Communications</H3> (insert existing text on grammar, social engineering, etc.) -- Rob Stewart stewart@sig.com Software Engineer http://www.sig.com Susquehanna International Group, LLP using std::disclaimer;