Re: [boost] [units] Pull request and RFC: information unit definitions for Boost.Units

Subject: Re: [boost] [units] Pull request and RFC: information unit definitions for Boost.Units
From: Erik Erlandson (eje_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-08-16 14:49:16

----- Original Message -----
> Hi Matthias,
> 
> Am Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2014, 11:25:35 schrieb Matthias Schabel:
> > I would love to pass the responsibility for ongoing maintenance of
> > Boost.Units on to a new torchbearer.
> 
> First a "Thank you very much" for the great library.
> 
> > My time to dedicate to this project
> > has dwindled to essentially zero, and I believe it would be best for all
> > involved to enlist some fresh blood, ideally someone who is using the
> > library on a regular basis... Any volunteers?
> 
> As no one else has stepped up,  I'd like to volunteer. I've been using
> Boost.Units with great success for the last five years. For my recent Boost
> contributions see https://github.com/jhunold. Mostly small bugfixes,
> Boost.Build support over the last decade.
> Boost.Units is getting more attentions now as c++11 is getting momentum.
> Personally, I'd like to get
> https://github.com/boostorg/units/pull/5
> into 1.57.
> 
> > As far as Erik's request, I don't have any objections to adding these to
> > the
> > library, though I have not had time myself to verify that they are correct.
> 
> It would be nice if one of the current maintainer could comment on this.

Hi Jürgen,

I think if the current maintainers had the bandwidth to review my PR, we wouldn't be looking for new maintainers :)
On that topic, my attempts to get in touch with Steven Watanabe have been unsuccessful so far.  If anybody has a secret bat signal for him, I'd be grateful if they could raise him.

With that in mind, I'm interested in your assessment of my PR.  It sounds like you have substantially more experience contributing to and maintaining Boost than I do.

> 
> > >> Link to PR:  https://github.com/boostorg/units/pull/3
> 
> Seems obsolete,
> https://github.com/boostorg/units/pull/6
> it the improved commit.
> 
> Feel free to ask questions.
> 
> Yours,
> 
> Jürgen
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