Re: Standard Library Interest?

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

It is also an example of why you need some sort of "Editor/Publisher" to 
establish rules for style and content. It is also an example of why an 
"All Volunteer" effort is difficult to make work. For example, I like 
the notion of version numbering. (I incorporated it into my own personal 
library of stuff - its difficult to get it right - especially if things 
like containers have persistence) I also like the notion of built in 
tests. If the library establishes that it wants those sorts of things 
but a given "Volunteer" decides he doesn't like the idea or doesn't want 
to invest the time, how are you going to squeeze him to get it done? You 
can refuse to accept the work until it meets some standards - but then 
maybe you don't get much work to accept. Volunteers are always free to 
pick up their marbles and go home - or start their *own* standard library.

Its tricky to make something like this work and getting it right is time 
consuming - possibly expensive. That's why you want to be sure you're 
likely to meet with some acceptance of whatever you pull together before 
you go down that road.

MDC


Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> Just an example of the kinds of discussions an integrated library
> committee will be having ...
> 


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