Robert Ramey wrote:
Gennaro Prota wrote:
Robert Ramey wrote:
In my view, the current system is a huge improvement over the previous one. It wastes a lot less time. OK.
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This latest release has been much less painful than previous ones with just a few snafus. From what I remember (I've been more than one year away) it was just a) the incredible amount of coupling between the different parts of Boost b) code complexity c) absence of Beman.
Absolultly wrong.
a) there is no more or less coupling between libraries than there ever was.
Probably more :-)
b) boost code is getting more complex - not less
Yes.
c) The previous review manager engaged in a heroic effort for almost a year. There has never been any reason to question either his competence to do the job nor his dedication to it.
I don't know about competence. But certainly "dedication"... :-) (just to be sure we're talking about the same thing: I'm referring to 1.34.0; he was so missing, all the time, that in a few occasions I have even been ironic about it <http://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2006/08/109211.php> ). Yes, getting a release out takes a heroic effort, which Beman (and Rene, I think --sorry if I forget anyone else) has been willing to put in. Others haven't. That's why I said Beman absence was crucial: there is/was no one else with the time and patience to do what he does. And then Beman tried to define a different schema for managing things; isn't that part of his dedication? -- Genny