On 10/26/2010 7:35 AM, Jim Bell wrote:
On 1:59 PM, Eric Niebler wrote:
And what if an accepted showstopper isn't getting fixed because the maintainer is busy? ...
I think we need a new batch of volunteers to help.
We need another sprint, and we need to call out bug triage explicitly as a service we'd like people to volunteer for. Having such volunteers on an ongoing basis would be very, very nice. As jobs go, it's particularly inglorious, but I think you've identified a real need.
I don't want library authors to think they're taking on a ball and chain for writing a library: an endless series of tickets spanning the gamut from user error to legit show-stoppers.
That is the reality of being a boost library author. As the author and active maintainer of 4 boost libraries, I know the pain. But if you want people to actually USE your code, you have to be ready to deal with complaints. If you can't commit to fixing bugs, don't submit a library to boost. That said, if an author can convince some volunteers to help out with this sort of stuff, then all the better. -- Eric Niebler BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com