Re: [boost] [thread] patch to allow custom stack size.

Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] patch to allow custom stack size.
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-30 16:47:23

Le 30/11/11 20:10, Brett Lentz a écrit :
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> On 11/30/2011 01:11 PM, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
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>> I don't know. I have submitted a more generic patch *3 years* ago
>> and there is no response yet.
>> https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2741 :proposal to manage
>> portable and non portable thread attributes
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>> Btw, could you take a look at the ticket and tell me what do you
>> think of my proposal?
>>
>> Best, Vicente
>>
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> I can definitely see the benefit to a more generic solution. I'm not
> opposed to it in principle.
>
> Unfortunately, I'm probably not the best person to comment on the pros
> and cons of your patch versus the one I'm pushing. My skills in C++
> are pretty poor. I'm mostly acting as a liaison and steward for these
> patches. I'm trying to facilitate allowing Passenger to compile
> against a non-forked version of Boost. To do that, there's a few key
> elements of their fork that need to be merged into the upstream Boost.
>
> So, the sooner I can get movement on this, the better.
>

The main problem with the Boost.Thread features is that they go after 
the resolution of the long list of bugs. I guess that Anthony needs some 
co-maintainers to reduce this long list.

Good luck,
Vicente