Joaquín Mª López Muñoz <joaquin@tid.es> writes:
Pavel Vozenilek ha escrito:
"Fernando Cacciola" wrote:
The very high quaility of boost libraries is due to the so-called BOOST
METHOD (I just coined the term, but how I like it :): the managed and
peer-reviewed acceptance process.
The very high quality is due to people who choose
to hang out here and contribute.
Bigger problem that API changes are abandoned
libraries. A tool or a process helping to maintain
these libraries is needed. Even visible
marking of these libraries is missing.
I'd say library adopting should be encouraged: Maybe posting
a "Maintainer wanted for Boost.XXX" message would raise some
activity in this respect?
I think it might be a good idea to actively remove stigma from abandoning libraries. If Boost.Threads, for example, had been officially marked as "abandoned" a while ago, I think people might've been quicker to consider taking it over. There's always the fear of stepping on the original author's toes. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com