Re: [boost] [rational] has no maintainers

Subject: Re: [boost] [rational] has no maintainers
From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-23 18:36:32

On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Ahmed Charles <acharles_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Jan 19, 2015, at 6:51 PM, John Maddock <boost.regex_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> >> Currently, nobody has write access to Boost.Rational, and I see a number
> >> of open pull requests (mostly by John Maddock) lingering. John, would
> >> you like write access to it so that you can apply your suggested
> changes?
> >
> > Could do, but I'm maxed out right now: some of those changes are
> uncontroversial, but the last ones(s) may break existing code (even though
> they're rather sensible) and so may need some more thought.
> >
> > While we're at it - Boost.Random has a number of outstanding pull
> requests and issues that aren't getting attending to - and folks have been
> asking about it (much more than rational).  Any takers?
>
> Did anything ever come of this? Perhaps they could be added to the CMT?
>
> Steven Watanabe has been responding (intermittently) to Boost.Random bug
reports.

If no one is maintaining these libraries, the CMT is the place for them to
be.

— Marshall

P.S. People are invited to contribute to the community maintenance team. I
am attempting to clear the current bottleneck (which is me!)