on Thu Jan 01 2009, "Tom Browder" <tom.browder-AT-gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 1:03 AM, David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
As far as I know, nothing in boost relies on SafeFormat. The advantages of adding it to boost include: (1) active maintenance [Loki maintenance interest is fading rapidly] and (2) boost (and thus ... If SafeFormat has a maintenance deficit as part of Loki, it would have the same deficit as part of Boost.
But I believe there is a wider audience here, thus possibly more recruits. And there is at least one other Loki supporter who supports a move to Boost if possible.
Supporting the idea of a move to Boost is not remotely the same as being a maintainer of that library.
Also, you might want to take a look at http://www.boost.org/development/submissions.html to see whether you can suggest something that fits with the Boost process. Things don't just
I looked at it before--this is the soliciting interest stage.
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Determine interest
Potential library submitters should use the Boost developers mailing list as a forum to gauge interest [in] a possible submission.
OK, but what's missing is someone behind the solicitation who is clearly taking responsibility for the code, prepared to take it through a formal review, and willing to maintain it for the forseeable future. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com