Richard Newman wrote:
I ask this not to badger well-intentioned volunteers, but to provoke constructive discussion.
Version 1.34.1 was released on July 24, 2007, going on 8 months ago. Since that time 6 new libraries have been accepted with one more accepted provisionally (according to boost.org website).
Prior to 1.34.1, 1.34.0 was released on May 12, 2007, 2-1/2 months prior. 1.34.0 was considered a very long release: it's predecessor (1.33.1) was released on Dec. 5, 2005, nearly 1-1/2 years prior.
At one point, there was hope of getting 1.35.0 out before the end of 2007, given that it was to be a short release primarily to move to Trac and Subversion, without large functionality upgrades or code base improvements. As I recall, part of the intent was to move to faster release cycles with teams of release managers to reduce the imposition on any one volunteer.
We are now nearing spring break, the beaches of Cancun beckon, and another round of messages about Google's Summer of Code have begun.
Is there a realistic target date for releasing 1.35? Is there a distinct possibility that 1.35 will require a full year or more to close since it began?
RC1 will be generated in the next couple of days. The reaction to that will be critical in determining when 1.35.0 ships. --Beman