Re: [boost] [test] boost.test owner unresponsive to persistent problems for multiple years

Subject: Re: [boost] [test] boost.test owner unresponsive to persistent problems for multiple years
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-01-09 02:16:53

On 1/8/2015 2:19 PM, Stephen Kelly wrote:
> Paul A. Bristow wrote:
>
>> Things that effect *everyone* require consultation and some degree of
>> consensus.
>
> The maintainer is always the decider. Consensus, even loose consensus,
> doesn't affect Boost at all afaik. I realize you don't see it that way.

I approve the fact that a primary maintainer is the decider. Someone has 
to be in charge, and surely that someone who did all the work of 
creating the library in the first place is the best candidate. If you 
disagree enough with the primary maintainer and feel your 
ideas/implementation are not being regarded and are better you can 
always create another library that reflects your own ideas and notify 
people on this mailing list about your own library. You can also attempt 
to add yourself as a maintainer of a library if the primary maintainer 
accepts that.

I do not know what you see as significantly better.