----- Original Message ----- From: "David Abrahams" <dave@boostpro.com> To: <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [boost] Breaking existing libraries
Hi Tom,
Yes, this is an unfortunate situation. If you indeed want to try to make sure this kind of silent breakage doesn’t happen again, there's something you can do about it: write a page of library maintenance guidelines on the wiki at http://svn.boost.org. We are sorely missing a policy on this, and when less-experienced library authors come along, they often don't hew to the same standards that many of us take for granted. If you don't have write permission for the wiki, please let us know and we'll send you an invitation.
Hi, I also found this kind of situations unafortunated. I'm not sure a page of library maintenance guidelines on the wiki will address all the issues reported by Tom. Anyway, I would like to try it. Can I get permission for the wiki to start this Maintenace Guidelines page. As my english is incorrect and not very rich I expect from others to make the necessary corrections and improvements. Best regards, Vicente