On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:32 PM, Edward Diener
This is the results from the recent review of the Sort library of Steven Ross.
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I do not know if the review manager has a say in this but based on the remarks of the reviewers I would like to see the library as accepted be named 'SpreadSort' rather than just 'Sort'. I do think that Boost can have a library called 'Sort' but I agree with the general consensus that a 'Sort' library needs more than one type of sorting algorithm. I would like to see other people, who mentioned in the reviews/comments that they have their own sorting implementation, also submit their own implementations to Boost and, if this happens and they are accepted, I can see combining them with 'SpreadSort' into a general Boost sorting library called 'Sort' in the future.
We already have an "algorithm" directory, so it might make sense to add a "sort" sub-directory and category with "spreadsort" as the first specific sort to be added. For adding sorts that are just implementations of classic and well-studied sort algorithms, we need a lighter-weight mechanism than a full formal review, IMO. Edward, thanks for managing the review and producing such a well-done report! --Beman