Re: [boost] [geometry] [polygon] What's the relationship?

Subject: Re: [boost] [geometry] [polygon] What's the relationship?
From: Olaf Peter (ope-devel_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-09-17 13:29:59

On 16.09.2012 23:02, Luke Simonson wrote:
>> Could someone please explain the relationship, if any, betweeen these
>> two libraries?  They seem to cover similar domains.  Do they
>> interoperate?  Is one better than the other for certain kinds of
>> problems?
>
> This was discussed quite a lot during both reviews.  The discussion
> became quite heated at times and I don't want to fan those flames
> again.  I've been participating in the Geometry mailing list and the
> two libraries have been peacefully coexisting.

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Thank you for your explanations. Anyway, is boost.polygon orphaned? 
Following 
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/query?status=%21closed&component=polygon there 
are several *new* open bug reports older than 20 months.