on Tue Aug 07 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
David Abrahams wrote:
on Tue Aug 07 2007, Beman Dawes <bdawes-AT-acm.org> wrote:
Stefan Seefeld wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
A draft "Development and Release Practices" document is up on the Wiki: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?Development_A...
Comments welcomed! Overall this sounds good. The one thing I'm not sure about is the introduced dichotomy between core and non-core libraries. Why not simply talk about prerequisite libraries as those libraries others depend on ? This reuses the technical term 'prerequisite', and doesn't overload the meaning of 'core'. In other words, whether or not a library belongs into the 'core' (whatever that is), and whether it is a prerequisite for another library, are two distinct and orthogonal questions. Ah! I wasn't happy with 'core' either, but failed to come up with anything better. "Prerequisite" is definitely better.
I would use "dependent" and "dependency."
The trouble with those is that they describe a library that depends on another.
No, a dependent depends upon a dependency. This is the terminology used in build systems. As confusable as it may be, it makes little sense to invent new terms IMO. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com The Astoria Seminar ==> http://www.astoriaseminar.com