From 96eb9694e10637f9adb15c7eda675d7a98ec76b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:08:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add library naming policy

[SVN r27805]
---
 discussion_policy.htm | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discussion_policy.htm b/discussion_policy.htm
index e5fa984..befe0b1 100644
--- a/discussion_policy.htm
+++ b/discussion_policy.htm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ and dies.</p>
           <dt><a href="#quoting">Effective Posting</a><dd>
               <dt><a href="#behavior">Prohibited Behavior</a><dd>
                   <dt><a href="#culture">Culture</a><dd>
+                  <dt><a href="#lib_names">Library Names</a><dd>
                       </dl>
 
 <h2><a name="acceptable"></a>Acceptable topics</h2>
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ and dies.</p>
 </ul>
 <p>Other topics related to boost development may be acceptable, at the discretion of moderators. If unsure, go ahead and post. The moderators
 will let you know.</p>
-<h2><a name="unacceptable"></a>Unacceptable topics</h2>
+<h2><a name="unacceptable"></a>Unacceptable Topics</h2>
 <ul>
   <li>Advertisements for commercial products.</li>
   <li>Requests for help getting non-boost code to compile with your compiler.
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ probably have the wrong subject line.  Instead, you can reply through
 the <a href="http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel">GMane
 web interface</a>.
 
-<h2><a name="behavior"></a>Prohibited behavior</h2>
+<h2><a name="behavior"></a>Prohibited Behavior</h2>
 <p>Prohibited behavior will not be tolerated. The moderators will ban
 postings by abusers.</p>
 <h3>Flame wars</h3>
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ as proper capitalization.  Avoid copious informalism, colloquial
 language, or abbreviations, they may not be understood by all readers.
 Re-read your message before submitting it.</p>
 
-<h2>Guidelines for effective discussions</h2>
+<h2>Guidelines for Effective Discussions</h2>
 <p>Apply social engineering to prevent heated technical discussion from
 degenerating into a shouting match, and to actively encourage the cooperation 
 upon which Boost depends.</p>
@@ -202,11 +203,39 @@ among experts few felt comfortable with the issues. Endless days were then
 spent discussing where to put the bicycle shed (the parking lot would
 be a modern equivalent) because everyone
 understood the issues and felt comfortable discussing them.&nbsp;</p>
-<hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->02 October, 2003<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38549" endspan -->
-</p>
 
-<p>© Beman Dawes 2000</p>
+<h2><a name="lib_names"></a>Library Names</h2>
+
+<p>In order to ensure a uniform presentation in books and articles, we
+have adopted a convention for referring to Boost libraries.  Library
+names can either be written in a compact form with a dot, as
+&quot;Boost.<i>Name</i>&quot;, or in a long form as &quot;the
+Boost <i>Name</i> library.&quot;  For example:
+<blockquote>
+<b>Boost.Python</b> serves a very different purpose from <b>the Boost Graph library</b>.
+</blockquote>
+Note that the word &quot;library&quot; is not part of the name, and as such isn't capitalized.
+
+<p>Please take care to avoid confusion in discussions between
+libraries that have been accepted into Boost and those that have not.
+Acceptance as a Boost library indicates that the code and design have
+passed through our peer-review process; failing to make the
+distinction devalues the hard work of library authors who've gone
+through that process.  Here are some suggested ways to describe
+potential Boost libraries:
+<ul>
+  <li>the proposed Boost <i>Name</i> library</li>
+  <li>the Boost.<i>Name</i> candidate</li>
+  <li>the <i>Name</i> library</i> (probably the best choice where applicable)</li>
+</ul>
+<p>Note that this policy only applies to discussions, not to the
+documentation, directory structure, or even identifiers in the
+code of potential Boost libraries.
+
+<hr>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->24 March, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38549" endspan -->
+</p>
+<p>© Beman Dawes, Rob Stewart, and David Abrahams 2000-2005</p>
 <p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 
 (See accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or 
 copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)