"Gonzalo BG" wrote in message news:CAPMgRLTHe_RPxPWUx_jCU_VHn_U0jp5A6xwVGUusJ+9x1Mfm_g@mail.gmail.com...

Is the CMT going to maintain those libraries that nobody is willing to maintain?

It's been trying, but the job is overwhelming. This is the motivation for my proposal Robert Ramey

"Rene Rivera" wrote in message news:CAHEh_GgLLJEFWWtLv0XxNz8TkF-5w=W-VaH8mc3e_3uBsQiJYA@mail.gmail.com...

I like all this, but..

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Robert Ramey wrote:

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c) Since we don't have a list of which companies are using which libraries, we will send a solicitation to volunteer to every person who has posted a bug report for the library in question on the TRAC system. I believe this is the most likely source for prospective maintainers.

It might be both easier to maintain and more attractive to companies if that mention was in the library documentation instead of track.

LOL - OK - Let's have it BOTH ways. We'll mention the lack of maintainer in both TRAC and the documentation. Then we'll point to the policy describing the obligations, rights and benefits to sponsoring maintainence. Robert Ramey

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Robert Ramey wrote:

Rene,

In my presentation yesterday, I proposed that we look at the boost web presence including, website, wike, maybe trac, and all he stuff we have. My view is that we would benefit from taking a step back and bringing it up to date. I know you've been the maintainer on this but that's it's quite a big job. I also know that Beman has shown interest in lending financial support for the work you do on the boost/release part. I think the job is just to big for you to do at the same time you're the main person responsible for the boost/release. Also I want to draw more volunteers into boost and I think this is a good place for them. What I would like to do is see if we can off load the Web presence to some new candidate (or two). I don't know how you feel about this, but I do want to advocate for the idea in any case. The purpose of this email is to give you a heads up so that I'm not catching you by surprise and that you have an opportunity to contribute the discussion if you so desire. This will be the subject of a Boost operational meeting scheduled for Friday at 12:45. I will be posting for volunteers to attend the meeting on Thursday.

I'm all for other people doing the web work, and any other work :-) It's not like I intended from the start to be the only person doing any of this. But I'm the kind of person if something needs doing I just do it (and ask question later). I'm particularly happy with the work Adam is doing to improve the regression results, for example. And of course the continued help from Daniel J on wedsite stuff (he does most of the minor maintenance now). As for someone helping me by giving financial support.. That would be something I would need to discuss with my current employer if it's a significant amount of time (it's not out of the question since we do contracting). But that's something to talk about offline. -- -- Rene Rivera -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net -- rrivera/acm.org (msn) - grafikrobot/aim,yahoo,skype,efnet,gmail