Re: [boost] GSOC LP library for Boost

Subject: Re: [boost] GSOC LP library for Boost
From: Chad Seibert (chadjseibert_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-28 13:10:16

OpenOpt is written in python; I was using it as an example of an LP solver
interface. We could use Boost.Python with OpenOpt, but an interface over an
interface seems awkward. Something like CORBA could be used, but exposing
CORBA to Boost would easily be GSOC project in itself.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Mathias Gaunard <
mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 28/03/2011 15:25, Chad Seibert wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Previously, I mentioned implementing an LP library for Boost. However,
>> there
>> didn't seem to be a consensus on how I should go about it. If we can't
>> agree
>> on a method of attack, then there is no hope for me to get a proposal
>> through the selection committee. So now, I solicit the communities advice
>> on
>> writing a wrapper for lp_solve, an LGPL library that purported to be one
>> of
>> the most stable free LP solvers. Do we care that a dependency is LGPL?
>> I've
>> done my due diligence and there doesn't seem to be a comparable MIT/Boost
>> licensed library.
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration,
>> Chad
>>
>
> Didn't you mention OpenOpt, which is BSD-licensed?
>
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