[boost] [mpi] scatterv, gatherv and Boost.MPI status

Subject: [boost] [mpi] scatterv, gatherv and Boost.MPI status
From: Alain O Miniussi (alain.miniussi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-11 10:48:14

Hi,

Despite the fact that https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5292 has
been sitting there for some time, the documentations still states that
 MPI_Allgatherv => most uses supported by all_gather (from 1.51.1).
It seems the ticket wasn't commited nor refused. Is there a reason why a
c++ MPI_gatherv equivalent is useless in Boost.MPI ?

Overall, there seems to be a few other tickets in the same situation in
the mpi lib. Which raises another question: what is the exact status of
Boost.MPI ? is it still maintained ? is it worth submitting tickets or
proposing patches to it or is it safer to move back to the C API ?

Best regards

Alain