What happens when a Boost library is unmaintained?
Hi, suppose that an accepted and officially distributed Boost library has become unmaintained, meaning that a) the code is not developed any further, b) reported bugs are not fixed, confirmed, or otherwise responded to, and c) questions on the mailing list aren't answered, then what is the procedure to deal with that situation? Take care, Peter
suppose that an accepted and officially distributed Boost library has become unmaintained, meaning that
a) the code is not developed any further,
b) reported bugs are not fixed, confirmed, or otherwise responded to, and
c) questions on the mailing list aren't answered,
then what is the procedure to deal with that situation?
Complain :-) Basically we would need a volunteer to take over if attempts to contact the original author fail, John.
Peter Simons wrote:
suppose that an accepted and officially distributed Boost library has become unmaintained, meaning that
a) the code is not developed any further,
b) reported bugs are not fixed, confirmed, or otherwise responded to, and
c) questions on the mailing list aren't answered,
then what is the procedure to deal with that situation?
I suppose the right procedure to take would be to look for a new maintainer. If no one is found, then drop the library from the official distribution.
Why drop a useful and functioning library? Is that a punishment to the original author for not being responsible? I would leave it in because there's probably a lot of code out there still using it. -Sid Sacek -----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Mathias Gaunard Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:17 AM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: Re: [boost] What happens when a Boost library is unmaintained? I suppose the right procedure to take would be to look for a new maintainer. If no one is found, then drop the library from the official distribution.
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