on Sat May 04 2013, Stefan Seefeld
It would be great if they didn't need to learn a thousand tools before being able to focus on the project itself, and so having a well-defined and -documented process to set things up and get started would be very helpful. I don't know what you mean here, sorry.
Never mind. I was thinking of a mix of versioning tools used for sandbox projects, boost trunk, etc., causing an unnecessarily steep learning curve. But if individual projects are to be hosted separately anyhow, that's much less of a concern (though it would still be useful to have clear and up-to-date guidelines for directory layout, build system, etc., to make it easier to merge to trunk should we ever get this far).
Guidelines, OK. But, merge to trunk? Once the git transition is done, that'll be a non-issue. -- Dave Abrahams