Re: [boost] Transfer of Maintenance Rights

Subject: Re: [boost] Transfer of Maintenance Rights
From: Stewart, Robert (Robert.Stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-25 11:43:42

Jeremiah Willcock wrote:
> > Rob Stewart wrote:
>
> I agree with some sort of deadline, but what if a maintainer
> fixes some
> bugs but not all of them?  Also, does this only apply to
> actual bugs, or
> feature requests?  There are also some bugs in BGL that apply to
> interfaces (such as the one to LEDA) that are no longer
> maintained.  Does
> the maintainer have discretion on what bugs to consider
> important (if they
> do reply and say something is a low priority)?

See if my recent reply to Vicente addresses your concern.

> One other thing I would like to see as part of "timely support" is
> checking the regression test results and fixing issues found
> there.  BGL
> has several tests that fail because of build problems in
> other libraries;
> I know that these should be reported but checking the regression test
> pages would also be good as a requirement.  I know many of
> these tests
> fail due to compiler deficiencies and issues in the test systems'
> configurations, however.

Ditto.

> >> Note that others may offer and even commit patches to a library you
> >> maintain, provided the patch is posted to the Boost
> >> Developer's mailing
> >> list for approval and is not rejected by anyone within a
> >> reasonable time.
> >
> > What about been less subjective? what do you think about
> > limiting this time to 1 month?
>
> I agree with this.  I think submitting a patch to a bug
> report or feature request should count as well.

I included a two week minimum in my rewrite.  See if you like the result.

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Rob Stewart                           robert.stewart_at_[hidden]
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Susquehanna International Group, LLP  http://www.sig.com

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