[boost] Boost.Process 0.2 released

From: Boris (boriss_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-03 15:49:48

I stumbled over Boost.Process some months ago. The library was created as  
a Google Summer of Code project in 2006 (see  
http://www.netbsd.org/~jmmv/process/). As I needed the functionality  
provided by this library and didn't manage to contact the author I went  
through the code myself to tidy it up, fix various bugs, convert the  
documentation to DocBook etc.

I also added one minor but important improvement: With Boost.Asio 1.1 it's  
now possible to use asynchronous I/O (on Windows the macro  
BOOST_PROCESS_WINDOWS_USE_NAMED_PIPE must be defined as on Windows only  
named pipes support asynchronous I/O).

I've been using the library myself only on Windows so far where it seems  
to work fine. I didn't make any tests yet on a POSIX platform. I didn't  
update the documentation yet much either. And I have no idea how to  
integrate the samples and test programs into Boost.Build (there are two  
Jamfiles but don't be surprised if they don't work :).

As this library wasn't touched for nearly 2 years I don't know if there is  
any interest at all. As I had tidied up the code now anyway for my own  
purposes I provide a new snapshot for the community. You can find  
everything (including a link to download version 0.2) here:  
http://www.highscore.de/boost/process/

Boris