----- Original Message ----- From: "Miro Jurisic" <macdev@meeroh.org> To: <boost@lists.boost.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:06 AM Subject: [boost] Re: Network library: What we have until now [snip]
I think the scope of this library is insane. We don't need to solve every single network I/O problem with one huge networking library. Having a solid socket library that handles only blocking with be a _huge_ improvement . Start small and don't be afraid to say "No! That's for the next version."
I agree. There are several libraries that I think have suffered from scope creep and a v1 of smaller scope would have been very useful to a substantial number of people. (Logging library comes to mind.)
Personally didnt assume that all the things in the list were going to be initial targets. Bigger picture is useful too? But yes - small target first.