Re: [boost] The Release Manager's Point of View

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-06-07 17:58:14

on Thu Jun 07 2007, "Robert Ramey" <ramey-AT-rrsd.com> wrote:

> Thomas Witt wrote:
>> Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
>>>> * The inspection reports 193 non-license problems, and *1059*
>>>> license problems.
>>>
>>> Why can't these be fixed up for 1.34.1?
>>
>> Because to many developers don't give a s... I tried to address this
>> early on in the 1.34 cycle. To no avail.
>
> Hmm - there's a little more to it.  The inspection report flags
> all files without a license.  In the case of the serialization library
> there are data files which contain test data to run some of the
> test.

Are they binary or text data?  If the latter, I think a license is
appropriate.  If binary, I think we need something we can mark up that
lists the binary files covered under the license.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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