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| author | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2001-04-24 19:49:05 +0000 |
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| committer | Beman Dawes <bdawes@acm.org> | 2001-04-24 19:49:05 +0000 |
| commit | e22cc392536161c6f4bbfa7fe4923b6cd7993095 (patch) | |
| tree | caf6b8032c1c6dd2b0430ad6e704a6b0bc961307 /more/lib_guide.htm | |
| parent | 79e934068289c3389c733e550be6dadb519ad3f8 (diff) | |
| download | boost-e22cc392536161c6f4bbfa7fe4923b6cd7993095.tar.gz | |
Tighten requirements on filenames, add review manager duties, reorganize a bit
[SVN r9977]
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diff --git a/more/lib_guide.htm b/more/lib_guide.htm index 055e1dbafa..8355ee6679 100644 --- a/more/lib_guide.htm +++ b/more/lib_guide.htm @@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ embarrassingly.</p> <p align="left">A library's implementation must if possible be portable and not restricted to a particular compiler or operating system. If a portable implementation is not possible, non-portable constructions are - acceptable if reasonably easy to port to other environments. + acceptable if reasonably easy to port to other environments, and + implementations are provided for at least two popular operating systems + (such as UNIX and Windows). </li> <li> <p align="left">There is no requirement that a library run on C++ compilers @@ -194,8 +196,12 @@ library, but a reasonable effort to comply is expected.</p> </ul> </li> </ul> -<h3><a name="Directory structure">Directory Structure</a></h3> +<h3><a name="Directory structure">Directory Structure</a> and Filenames</h3> <ul> + <li>File and directory names must contain only lowercase ASCII letters , + numbers, underscores, and a period. Leading character must be + alphabetic. Maximum length 31. Only a single period is permitted. + These requirements ensure file and directory names are relatively portable.</li> <li>All libraries have at their highest level a primary directory named for the particular library. The primary directory may have sub-directories.</li> <li>For very simple libraries implemented entirely within the library header, @@ -339,7 +345,7 @@ suggestion. Major contributions are usually acknowledged in the documentation, while minor fixes are often mentioned in comments within the code itself.</p> <hr> -<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->17 April, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="29819" --></p> +<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->24 April, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="29814" --></p> </body> |