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Boost Foundation - a few updates
by David Sankel 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Hey all, I wanted to give a few updates on Boost Foundation happenings. First, for those who aren't aware, we're the 100% volunteer-led 501(c)3 non-profit behind boost.org, the C++Now conference, and the Boost C++ standardization effort. We originally were the Boost Steering Committee under the Software Freedom Conservancy, but a couple of years ago formed our own non-profit. We meet monthly (you can see our minutes here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zMKUX3nfdcOXT6nUIU4M_YRlCU4ywGoG40ouo3I…>) and our mission is library development, C++ standard enhancements, and best practices (more about that on our quite ugly website <https://sites.google.com/a/boost.org/steering/>). Annually at C++Now, we elect directors to the Boost Foundation board. This May we added three members to the roster: - *Kristen Shaker. *Kristen, hailing from Google, has jumped in and contributed heavily to the board over the past year. She joined our Code of Conduct team, was a major contributor in our most tricky cases, and helped interfacing with our lawyer. She has also used her extensive network and taken charge of moving our boost.org rackspace account to AWS. Kristen is an enthusiastic doer and I'd very much love to see what she does in a Boost Foundation director role. - *Inbal Levi.* Inbal is one of those who came to C++Now and immediately fell in love with the conference. She now serves as the conference's program chair, and it only takes a little browsing of this year's program to see what a fantastic job she's done. Inbal brings a lot of experience to the table as well: she is a co-founder of the Core C++ conference which is now one of the biggest in the world; and she sits on the board of the C++ Foundation. I think Inbal's experience, network, and passion will be a great asset to the board. - *Jeff Garland*. Jeff is a long-time Boost author and contributor. He's also been highly active this past year in the Foundation. He created and led our C++ standardization initiative and has grown it to over a dozen members. Jeff's input is essential in revitalizing our Boost libraries effort and think he will be a solid contributor to the board. There are a few ongoing initiatives that I'm excited to call out: - *Server cost reduction.* We currently have a heavy monthly cost for both the mailing list and the boost.org server. These used to be free, but vendors have started charging non-profits for this kind of service. We've been upgrading the website to a newer version of PHP which will enable a cost-saving move to AWS. Kristen has been doing a fantastic job leading this effort. We also, with huge lifting from Sam Darwin, moved our mailing lists from mailgun to SES. This unfortunately broke threading so we moved back. :( - *discourse.boost.org <http://discourse.boost.org>.* We've been getting an experimental discourse.boost.org forum up and running. Many other Open Source communities have moved to discourse (see discourse.llvm.org and users.rust-lang.org for a couple examples) and it looks like a great tool. We like the idea that an online forum lowers the barrier to joining our community, especially for Millennials and Gen Z. We also like the benefits of using popular Open Source software rather than something home grown that we'd have to maintain. So, we'll try it out. If it turns out to be awful, we'll take it down. - *Boost engagement*. Jeff Garland is leading a subcommittee that is trying to figure out ways to get more engagement in Boost, both from user and author perspectives. There's been a lot of great ideas thrown around, but it's still too early to say what this is going to look like. To be sure, there'll be more to report on here as time goes on. That's all for now. If you have any questions feel free to reply to this thread or ask me directly. Cheers, David Sankel Boost Foundation Executive Director

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Full-Text Search is LIVE!
by Vinnie Falco 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Greetings. I am proud to announce that Mohammad’s excellent work on implementing a full-text search which looks into all the Boost libraries and their documentation is now complete, and has been published to the live website. You can access the search by pressing the Search button in the top right of the page: https://boost.org Please note that this is only the first iteration of this search tool and as such it will probably not give the perfect results that everyone expects every time. But now that we have something in place we can feedback, brainstorm on how to make it better, and iterate on it so that it evolves into something that consistently enhances the Boost user experience. To report problems or suggestions related to the search including the user interface, and the indexed contents, please open an issue in the Boost website repository: https://github.com/boostorg/website/issues There is also a “Report Issue” button in the search UI. Thanks!

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Search Functionality Now Available on beta.boost.org
by Mohammad Nejati [ashtum] 09 Jul '23

09 Jul '23

Hey everyone, We have added search functionality to beta.boost.org. Currently, a search button appears on each library's documentation page and generic pages like https://beta.boost.org/doc/libs/. When users are browsing a specific library page, the search box will have a limited scope for that specific library's documentation. However, on generic pages, it will search across all libraries. Once we ensure its stability and user-friendly experience, we look forward to incorporating it into the main website. If you have any suggestions or encounter any issues while using the search functionality, please reply to this email. Your feedback will greatly assist us in refining the search feature and ensuring it meets the needs of Boost users. Respectfully Yours, Mohammad Nejati ---- C++ Alliance Staff Engineer

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[release] Boost 1.83.0 Beta 1 Release Candidate 1 is available
by Marshall Clow 08 Jul '23

08 Jul '23

Available at: <https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/beta/1.83.0.beta1/source/> The SHA256 checksums are as follows: 69fe7224568acfa5491bfaa04fd522bf7cfca1800aa192de96ce560da714902f boost_1_83_0_b1_rc1.7z 49afc7c20d65949f7b775060bbec403e7e81d207949dd9f412e2d4569ea5d3f7 boost_1_83_0_b1_rc1.zip fe3895ee9ac78cf57328415f1b3bf3da7ea2ccb3ad87bf0d9b720910d99d18ae boost_1_83_0_b1_rc1.tar.bz2 fbbe0d439db5b65f194eb61b89b5cda0575387b0b23fbb85900c3c9ef9eb64bf boost_1_83_0_b1_rc1.tar.gz As always, the release managers would appreciate it if you download the candidate of your choice and give building it a try. Please report both success and failure, and anything else that is noteworthy. -- The Release Managers

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Reminder: Master branch closes for the 1.83.0 Beta release TODAY!
by Marshall Clow 05 Jul '23

05 Jul '23

Don’t say we didn’t warn you…. As always, you can find the calendar at: https://www.boost.org/development/index.html — The release managers

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[release 1.83][flyweight] permission to merge
by Joaquin M López Muñoz 01 Jul '23

01 Jul '23

Hi, Not sure I need to request explicit permission, but in any case I'd like to merge the following commits on flyweight/develop to flyweight/master: https://github.com/boostorg/flyweight/commit/3dc485bfe8726eabebf7c0f055cadc… https://github.com/boostorg/flyweight/commit/137686b0baee3d1a048bf2a2776c0a… https://github.com/boostorg/flyweight/commit/e9f326b1adf0ed825bc7ff10b3f832… This solves the following issue, which is in fact a regression: https://github.com/boostorg/flyweight/issues/12 Thank you, Joaquín M López Muñoz

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Reminder: Master branch is closing for the 1.83.0 beta release this WEDNESDAY (5-July)
by Marshall Clow 01 Jul '23

01 Jul '23

As always, you can find the calendar at: https://www.boost.org/development/index.html — Marshall

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on windows flyweight simple_locking is using std::mutex but it should be using std::recursive_mutex()
by Foelsche, Peter 30 Jun '23

30 Jun '23

Dear All, On windows flyweight simple_locking is using std::mutex but it should be using std::recursive_mutex. I've got this firing an exception due to _Check_C_return() getting passed something else than success (number 3). I've checked by implementing my own locking policy and it definitely shows that the code is attempting to hold more than a single lock in parallel on the same mutex. The secured set.erase() can cause further flyweights to be destroyed given a suitable recursive use of flyweight. Kind Regards Peter Foelsche PS. Thanks for boost!

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<stdfloat> support in Boost.Math
by Matt Borland 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

Today support was added for C++23’s <stdfloat> types in Boost.Math. Please let us know if you run into any warnings or errors as we go through the release captures, and betas in the following weeks. There are two common issues that we found. The first is a stack overflow in GCC 13.1 from their internal type promotion system. This will be fixed in 13.2, and we have added workarounds for it. The second are warnings and errors from implicit conversions between types. We have fixed hundreds of instances of these throughout the code base. Thank you for your help as always. Matt

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Fernando Pelliccioni joins The C++ Alliance
by Vinnie Falco 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

I am pleased to announce that Fernando Pelliccioni has joined The C++ Alliance to become a full time contributor to Boost. This brings us to a total of 10 Staff Engineers working in C++, and 4 staff doing other work. -- Regards, Vinnie Follow me on GitHub: https://github.com/vinniefalco

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