P2979 R0 The Need for Design Policies in WG21

[wg21bot]

P2979R0 The Need for Design Policies in WG21 (Alisdair Meredith, Harold Bott, John Lakos)

[inbal2l]

Scheduled for LEWG's "policy" discussion, Wed 08:00 Kona time.

[billy-baker]

Library Evolution Meeting Kona 2023-11-08

2023-11-08 Library Evolution Kona 2023 Meeting Minutes

Chair: Billy Baker / Nevin Liber

Champion: John Lakos

Minute Taker: Robert

Summary

Polls on the topic were taken along with P2267 (#1646)

Next Steps

The room was supportive. No polls were taken. Closing since presentation is complete.
No additional actions are required.

[billy-baker]

Reopening. Only LEWG presentation is complete. There are EWG components as well.

[erichkeane]

EWG discussed P2979R0 during the Thursday afternoon session in Kona. The following poll was taken:

P2979R0 “The Need for Design Policies in WG21” we are interested in defining principles (or rules of thumbs) and policies for the design and evolution of C++, with the goal of documenting our common understanding and simplifying our ongoing work, but without creating a bureaucracy.

SF	F	N	A	SA
3	7	7	2	0

Result: Consensus

[inbal2l]

The paper was discussed in both EWG and LEWG during Kona 2023 (LEWG Minutes, EWG Minutes). The need for policies was supported.