Re: [boost] [test] boost.test owner unresponsive to persistent problems for multiple years

Subject: Re: [boost] [test] boost.test owner unresponsive to persistent problems for multiple years
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-12-30 04:23:38

>> b) 'blanked update messages' about anything that is done on an a develop
>> branch, is useless for people who are submitting 
>> and/or watching tickets.
> 
> When one is expected to close the ticket? When fix is checked into devel or 
> when fix is merges into master? Former is better for developer who can put 
> the trac number into commit message and be done with it. Later is better 
> for users, since there always will be some gap between commit and master 
> merge. Yet it requires more effort/discipline from developer. I am not 
> convinced which one is better. Maybe we can mark ticket as fixed at commit 
> time, and make it merged/publically available when fix is merged to master. 
> Can we tweak trac/svn hooks so that we introduce another state change?

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7410
status: closed, "fixed"

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7397
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7417
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7419
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10888
status: new

7410 was "fixed" 2 years ago. it is not fixed from the perspective of
any user of a released version of boost, though.

7397, 7417 and 7419 are open for over 2 years with *NO* comment, except
for your "blanked update message".

--
personally i'd resolve an issue as "fixed", iff the end user will
receive the fix in the next release.
>> if for whatever reason you are not able to maintain boost.test or cannot
>> devote any time on this, you might want to accept help from others.
> 
> For various reasons, what needs to be done here seriously exceed the volume 
> of regular maintenance, which I am fine with. Thus the delay. That said I 
> did ask for help with this work. One person replied and we are working on 
> making this happen. Now it seems more people are interested, so I can be 
> somewhat positive on claiming that you should see real process soon.
is "soon" a matter of days, weeks, months or years?