Alan Gutierrez wrote:
Q - 2) Yes.
If the project is to develop a GUI library using modern C++, then Boost is the right place. Boost has the community. Boost has the knowledge.
Developing a GUI library is a complex undertaking. Startging out with a new community slows things down considerably.
Building a community takes time. Establishing mailing lists takes time. Setting up a web site takes time. Choosing a name takes time.
Upon success of the project, it is likely to need a separate umberella, but until then, building a community to support a project so complex, to me, is far more daunting than the software itself.
I don't know if this is what you're suggesting, but I can't overemphasize how odious I find the idea of capitalizing on Boost's ready-made community, knowledge, and mailing lists, only to take the successful project away later and run it under "a separate umbrella." -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com