On 3/28/24 17:01, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 2:34 PM Robert Ramey via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
I would like to see suggestions as to how we could get usage statistics on boost libraries.
Yes, this is an important area of analysis for which no perfect solution exists. However, researchers at The C++ Alliance have developed an experimental technique which offers hope for newly submitted libraries. It works like this:
* We maintain an inventory of unique names that are not found on the web * New libraries will be assigned a unique name from our inventory * A C++ Alliance cloud application will trawl the web for references to the name
For example, the next library which is accepted may be given the name Boost.Zissifrak, a term which nets zero search results using Google. Using this method we can indirectly measure the popularity of the library over time by observing the evolution of the number of matching search results.
Are you being serious? You might as well generate UUIDs for library names. Please don't. Preferably, a library name should reflect its purpose, and, if possible, use recognizable terminology in its domain.