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<h1>Boost Library Submission Process</h1>
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-<p>This page describes the process of getting a library accepted by Boost.
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-The process is still evolving, so if you have suggestions for improvement by all
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+<p>This page describes the process a library developer goes through to get a
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+library accepted by Boost.</p>
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<p>See the <a href="lib_guide.htm">Boost Library Requirements and Guidelines</a>
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page for issues of content.</p>
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<h3><b>Steps for getting a library accepted by Boost:</b></h3>
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<h2><a name="Learn">Learn</a> about Boost</h2>
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<p>Subscribe to the <a href="../index.htm#Mailing List">mailing list</a> for a
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-while, or look through the <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/messages/boost">archives</a>.
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+while, or look through the <a href="mailing_lists.htm#archive">archives</a>.
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Click around the <a href="../index.htm">web site</a>. Understand the <a href="lib_guide.htm">Requirements</a>.
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Read the rest of this page to learn about the process. Otherwise, you will
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just end up wasting everyone's time.</p>
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<p>If what you really want is a site that will just post your library without
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even looking at it, you should go elsewhere.</p>
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<h2>Determine <a name="interest">interest</a></h2>
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-<p>Potential library submitters should use the <a href="../index.htm#Mailing List">mailing
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+<p>Potential library submitters should use the Boost developers <a href="mailing_lists.htm">mailing
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list</a> as a forum to gauge interest a possible submission.</p>
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<p>A message might be as simple as "Is there any interest in a library
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which solves Traveling Salesperson problems in linear time?"</p>
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emails. For some libraries the process is over quickly, for others it goes
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on for months. It's often challenging, and sometimes leads off in
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completely unexpected directions. </p>
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-<p>The <a href="http://www.yahoogroups.com/messages/boost">archive</a> of past
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-messages is one way to see how this process worked for other boost
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+<p>The <a href="mailing_lists.htm#archive">archive</a> of past
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+messages is one way to see how this process worked for other Boost
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libraries.</p>
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<h2><a name="Submission">Submission</a> for review </h2>
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<p>All of the files which make up the library should be combined and compressed
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<p>See <a href="formal_review_process.htm">Formal Review Process</a> for
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details.</p>
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-<p>Formal Review schedules are posted on the boost mailing list.. </p>
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-<h2>Boost <a name="site posting">site posting</a> after acceptance</h2>
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-<p>There are two ways that files are posted on the boost web site:</p>
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- <li>Direct update of the boost CVS repository. This requires write
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- access, and is primarily used for larger libraries, or for libraries
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- maintained by very active boost developers.</li>
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- <li>Packaging all files into a submission file (same content as for submission
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- for review), and emailing it to the Boost webmaster <a href="mailto:bdawes@acm.org">bdawes@acm.org</a>.</li>
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+<p>Formal Review schedules are posted on the <a href="mailing_lists.htm">mailing lists</a>. </p>
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+<h2>Boost web <a name="site posting">site posting</a></h2>
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+<p>Once an accepted library is ready for inclusion on the Boost web site, the
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+submitter is typically given Boost CVS write access, and expected to check-in
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+and maintain the library in the CVS. Contact the moderators if you need write
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+access or CVS use isn't possible for you.</p>
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<h2><a name="People">People</a> page</h2>
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<p>If the boost.org web site doesn't already have your capsule biography
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and picture (optional, with not-too-serious pictures preferred), please
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<h2><a name="Lifecycle">Lifecycle</a></h2>
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-<p>Libraries are software; they lose their value over time if not
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-maintained. Details still hazy.</p>
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+<p>Libraries are software; they lose their value over time if not maintained.
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+Postings on the Boost developers or users mailing lists can alert you to
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+potential maintenance needs; please plan to maintain your library over time. If
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+you no longer can or wish to maintain your library, please post a message on the
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+Boost developers mailing list and help someone else take over as the library
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+maintainer.</p>
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