Boost UUID Maintainer
Greetings! I'm a long-time boost user and over the years I have posted defects into boost trac for the components I have used. I was reviewing the backlog on boost::uuid and in trac and it needs a bit of grooming. I started submitting some PRs to resolve some of these. Edward D. in the CMT group was reviewing some of them and mentioned that there is no active maintainer for the library, and invited me to introduce myself here. I am currently a committer on the Apache Thrift project and I have 20+ years development experience with C++. I have good experience at backlog grooming, and I am very focused on quality. I believe firmly in testing all code branches, and using coverage tools to prove it. I also assisted the glibc team in getting started with Coverity Scan which helped lead to resolution of 138 defects at last count. My current position is a Software Architect at HPE SimpliVity where I have been for the last ~7 years (I'm easy to find on LinkedIn, hopefully). I live in Westford, MA, USA. Given there is no maintainer for boost::uuid currently, I would like to petition for that responsibility. It is a relatively small library in the portfolio and seems like a good introduction to being a maintainer in such a widely used project. Thanks for your consideration, Jim King
On 8/4/2017 10:54 PM, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
Greetings! I'm a long-time boost user and over the years I have posted defects into boost trac for the components I have used. I was reviewing the backlog on boost::uuid and in trac and it needs a bit of grooming. I started submitting some PRs to resolve some of these. Edward D. in the CMT group was reviewing some of them and mentioned that there is no active maintainer for the library, and invited me to introduce myself here.
I am currently a committer on the Apache Thrift project and I have 20+ years development experience with C++. I have good experience at backlog grooming, and I am very focused on quality. I believe firmly in testing all code branches, and using coverage tools to prove it. I also assisted the glibc team in getting started with Coverity Scan which helped lead to resolution of 138 defects at last count. My current position is a Software Architect at HPE SimpliVity where I have been for the last ~7 years (I'm easy to find on LinkedIn, hopefully). I live in Westford, MA, USA.
Given there is no maintainer for boost::uuid currently, I would like to petition for that responsibility. It is a relatively small library in the portfolio and seems like a good introduction to being a maintainer in such a widely used project.
Thanks for your consideration,
I would like to back Jim King as the maintainer for uuid. We need experienced programmers who are willing to maintain libraries where the original developer or previous maintainer can no longer do so. Currently uuid is part of CMT, but any lessening of the burden of the libraries under CMT is always welcome.
Jim King
On 8/4/2017 10:54 PM, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
Greetings! I'm a long-time boost user and over the years I have posted defects into boost trac for the components I have used. I was reviewing the backlog on boost::uuid and in trac and it needs a bit of grooming. I started submitting some PRs to resolve some of these. Edward D. in the CMT group was reviewing some of them and mentioned that there is no active maintainer for the library, and invited me to introduce myself here.
I am currently a committer on the Apache Thrift project and I have 20+ years development experience with C++. I have good experience at backlog grooming, and I am very focused on quality. I believe firmly in testing all code branches, and using coverage tools to prove it. I also assisted the glibc team in getting started with Coverity Scan which helped lead to resolution of 138 defects at last count. My current position is a Software Architect at HPE SimpliVity where I have been for the last ~7 years (I'm easy to find on LinkedIn, hopefully). I live in Westford, MA, USA.
Given there is no maintainer for boost::uuid currently, I would like to petition for that responsibility. It is a relatively small library in the portfolio and seems like a good introduction to being a maintainer in such a widely used project.
Thanks for your consideration,
Would you please follow the instructions at http://www.boost.org/community/official_library_maintainer_program.html to become the maintainer of the Boost uuid library. Thanks !
Jim King
On 8/7/17 17:44, Edward Diener via Boost wrote:
On 8/4/2017 10:54 PM, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
Greetings! I'm a long-time boost user and over the years I have posted defects into boost trac for the components I have used. I was reviewing the backlog on boost::uuid and in trac and it needs a bit of grooming. I started submitting some PRs to resolve some of these. Edward D. in the CMT group was reviewing some of them and mentioned that there is no active maintainer for the library, and invited me to introduce myself here.
I am currently a committer on the Apache Thrift project and I have 20+ years development experience with C++. I have good experience at backlog grooming, and I am very focused on quality. I believe firmly in testing all code branches, and using coverage tools to prove it. I also assisted the glibc team in getting started with Coverity Scan which helped lead to resolution of 138 defects at last count. My current position is a Software Architect at HPE SimpliVity where I have been for the last ~7 years (I'm easy to find on LinkedIn, hopefully). I live in Westford, MA, USA.
Given there is no maintainer for boost::uuid currently, I would like to petition for that responsibility. It is a relatively small library in the portfolio and seems like a good introduction to being a maintainer in such a widely used project.
Thanks for your consideration,
Would you please follow the instructions at http://www.boost.org/community/official_library_maintainer_program.html to become the maintainer of the Boost uuid library.
Thanks !
Jim King
Hi Jim - BLOM (that link above) is for companies/organizations wishing to maintain libraries and receive some recognition in return. Are you wanting to this as yourself or as part of HPE SimpliVity? michael -- Michael Caisse Ciere Consulting ciere.com
On 8/7/17 7:44 PM, Michael Caisse via Boost wrote:
BLOM (that link above) is for companies/organizations wishing to maintain libraries and receive some recognition in return.
Actually, it's for anyone who wants to take responsibility for for maintaining a library. It doesn't need to be a company. Persons/Companies might want to do this for any number of reasons. They might use the library and make sure it continues to be maintained, they might want to join the boost community in a tangible way, or some other reason. Through the BLOM Boost recognizes these efforts because it's the right thing to do and hopefully conveys some benefit to those who step up. Robert Ramey
Are you wanting to this as yourself or as part of HPE SimpliVity?
michael
On 8/7/17 20:20, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
On 8/7/17 7:44 PM, Michael Caisse via Boost wrote:
BLOM (that link above) is for companies/organizations wishing to maintain libraries and receive some recognition in return.
Actually, it's for anyone who wants to take responsibility for for maintaining a library. It doesn't need to be a company.
Might I suggest you submit a PR for the web site: "The purpose of the Boost Library Official Maintainer Program is to recruit companies and organizations, that are likely already providing internal support, to become official maintainers of those libraries already important to them." The wording on the page does not imply individuals. michael -- Michael Caisse Ciere Consulting ciere.com
On 8/7/2017 11:28 PM, Michael Caisse via Boost wrote:
On 8/7/17 20:20, Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:
On 8/7/17 7:44 PM, Michael Caisse via Boost wrote:
BLOM (that link above) is for companies/organizations wishing to maintain libraries and receive some recognition in return.
Actually, it's for anyone who wants to take responsibility for for maintaining a library. It doesn't need to be a company.
Might I suggest you submit a PR for the web site:
"The purpose of the Boost Library Official Maintainer Program is to recruit companies and organizations, that are likely already providing internal support, to become official maintainers of those libraries already important to them."
The wording on the page does not imply individuals.
If that is the case Boost needs to define the way in which interested and talented individuals can become the maintainer for a library which either has no active maintainer or is part of CMT. Because one of the acknowledged shortcomings regarding Boost libraries is that a large number of them have no active maintainer and the last thing Boost should want to do is to discourage those who would like to be a maintainer of such libraries.
michael
On 08/05/17 05:54, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
Greetings! I'm a long-time boost user and over the years I have posted defects into boost trac for the components I have used. I was reviewing the backlog on boost::uuid and in trac and it needs a bit of grooming. I started submitting some PRs to resolve some of these. Edward D. in the CMT group was reviewing some of them and mentioned that there is no active maintainer for the library, and invited me to introduce myself here.
I am currently a committer on the Apache Thrift project and I have 20+ years development experience with C++. I have good experience at backlog grooming, and I am very focused on quality. I believe firmly in testing all code branches, and using coverage tools to prove it. I also assisted the glibc team in getting started with Coverity Scan which helped lead to resolution of 138 defects at last count. My current position is a Software Architect at HPE SimpliVity where I have been for the last ~7 years (I'm easy to find on LinkedIn, hopefully). I live in Westford, MA, USA.
Given there is no maintainer for boost::uuid currently, I would like to petition for that responsibility. It is a relatively small library in the portfolio and seems like a good introduction to being a maintainer in such a widely used project.
Thanks for your consideration,
Formally, Andy Tompkins is the author and maintainer of Boost.UUID. I'm including him in the loop.
participants (5)
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Andrey Semashev -
Edward Diener -
James E. King, III -
Michael Caisse -
Robert Ramey