Re: [boost] [release] permission to merge atomic and lockfree

Subject: Re: [boost] [release] permission to merge atomic and lockfree
From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-12-06 13:32:44

On 12/6/2012 3:49 AM, Tim Blechmann wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> apparently boost.atomic has been abandoned. i must admit, i'm very
> disappointed that the original author did hardly reacted neither on-list
> nor off-list.
> 
> furthermore, it is blocking the release of boost.lockfree, so i'm
> volunteering to maintain this library. i'd rather see helge bahmann
> coming back and taking over responsibility for his code, but frankly, i
> lost all hopes that this is going to happen.
> 
> iac, i'd like to get permission from the release managers to merge both
> atomic and lockfree to the release branch.

Thanks, Tim. I haven't been tracking the Boost.Atomic saga too
carefully. Is it ready to be merged to release? Forgive me if this has
been discussed already.

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Eric Niebler
BoostPro Computing
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