Re: [boost] [1.54.0][release] Provisional schedule

Subject: Re: [boost] [1.54.0][release] Provisional schedule
From: Philip Bennefall (philip_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-05-06 11:35:48

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Subject: Re: [boost] [1.54.0][release] Provisional schedule

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Philip Bennefall <philip_at_[hidden]>wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rene Rivera" <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]>
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> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Daniel James <daniel_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
>
>  On 6 May 2013 14:15, Philip Bennefall <philip_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> > I was just wondering if it is possible to get a modified, Boost 
>> > licensed
>> > version of detail/endian.hpp into this next release? It'd be great to >
>> get
>> > this licensing issue resolved in this next Boost version, if at all
>> > possible.
>>
>> I don't know. I haven't been following that. Did anyone take
>> responsibility for it?
>>
>>
> It's highly unlikely. There is al alternative implementation in Boost
> Predef. But that isn't even fully accepted as a library. I could attempt 
> to
> do a standalone port from Predef into detail/endian.hpp but I doubt I 
> could
> both get it done and tested to a point that it would be safe to merge into
> release.
>
> Hi,
>
> I understand. I just wanted to make sure because I want to use Boost in a
> commercial product in the near future and I am not sure what the company
> will think about the ambiguity. I hope that it can be resolved - if not 
> for
> the July release, then maybe for the one in November? Perhaps a ticket
> could be made for this?
>

Sure, creating a ticket would help at least in tagging it to a release
milestone. But it will be resolved for the November release one way or
another.

Hi again,

Would you mind creating that ticket, since you're the one with the potential 
solution?

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall