On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:57 AM, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
Doug Gregor wrote:
- boost-sandbox: This is where most development goes on. This directory will live on to become "the sandbox" in the Boost Subversion repository.
- database: This appears to be some work toward a database library. I plan to move its contents into boost-sandbox/libs/ database.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to mandate a particular layout for sandbox projects ? I have added an 'xml' directory / project to the toplevel boost-sandbox directory, but I also see other projects spread across boost-sandbox/boost/, boost-sandbox/libs/, etc., i.e. without a single entry point.
I assumed that the sandbox structure should mirror that of the standard Boost repository.
I believe the single-entry-point layout is advantageous for a number of reasons. But I don't have a very strong opinion, as long as things are consistent. :-)
Yes, it probably would be advantageous to have a single-entry-point layout, but we haven't found a good way to do it. svn:externals was one potential approach, but they aren't quite powerful enough to do what we need. For now, I suggest we keep the sandbox organization as-is, and consistent with the main Boost repository. They'll both end up living in the same Subversion repository in the end, which should simplify things considerably. Cheers, Doug