"Ames Andreas" <Andreas.Ames@comergo.com> writes:
fluidity
"frozen" == Only bugfixes, in principle. A library can move out of "frozen" to stable at the whim of its maintainer.
"stable" == Only bugfixes and extensions.
"active" == backwards-incompatible changes avoided with extreme prejudice, and made only after one release of deprecation. A strong bias is given towards preserving availability of old interfaces under the same name, even if they've been superceded by newer ones.
"fluid" == whether we should have such a category is open to debate.
Sounds like a lot of work for the maintainers and the release managers.
I can't imagine why that would cause any work for release managers, and speaking personally, I wouldn't find classifying the fluidity of my libraries to be much of a hassle; it shouldn't take more than a few minutes. Changes in fluidity happen rarely, and frankly, I think choosing and publicizing categories would help me focus my maintenance decisions. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com