Re: [boost] [OT] Open Source Forking and Boost (was Re: [SQL-Connectivity] Is Boost interested in CppDB?)

Subject: Re: [boost] [OT] Open Source Forking and Boost (was Re: [SQL-Connectivity] Is Boost interested in CppDB?)
From: Mateusz Loskot (mateusz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-12-16 05:17:34

On 16/12/10 03:26, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Marshall Clow<mclow.lists_at_[hidden]>  wrote:
>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 6:48 PM, Dean Michael Berris wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree with you, but getting the current maintainers -- who are
>>> technically, not maintaining the libraries -- to yield maintenance at
>>> least to the whole community (or to a larger set of contributors)
>>> hasn't been "proven" yet at least for Boost. I know Boost.Thread had
>>> been taken over successfully before, that precedent required having to
>>> track down the (sole) original maintainer, getting him to agree and
>>> yield to a specific person, sounds like a lot of work compared to just
>>> people clicking a button to "fork". :D
>>
>> I didn't have any trouble "taking over" Boost.Array.
>> I asked around, no one had any problems with it, and it was done.
>>
>
> Sure, but you did have to get the OK from the original maintainer right?

Is it a requirement to receive a Go from an original author?
I thought there is a mechanism in Boost that grants the Community
permission to make decisions if an author/maintainer disappears without
any contact.

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