Re: [boost] [property_tree] Co-Maintainer Needed

Subject: Re: [boost] [property_tree] Co-Maintainer Needed
From: Boris Rasin (boris_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-01 13:32:32

On 4/28/2015 11:06 AM, Sebastian Redl wrote:
> H List,
>
> It pains me to say that I can't find sufficient time to maintain 
> PropertyTree the way I should. Bugfixes are delayed, regressions 
> appear, and the long-needed documentation improvement is going 
> nowhere. I made a commitment last C++Now to add C++11 support and 
> document the way I did it in order to help other Boost developers, and 
> failed to do so. New features, like proper encoding support or 
> type-preserving JSON parsing simply aren't happening.
>
> It's clear that I can't do it alone. So I am looking for help, someone 
> else who cares about the library and can help me with bugfixes and 
> future development. This could be an individual, a group of people, or 
> the community maintenance team, but I definitely need someone if 
> PropertyTree is supposed to continue as a useful part of Boost.
>
> Anyone interested or know somebody who would be interested, please let 
> me know.
>
> Sebastian

Hi Sebastian,

I would be glad to help. I have been using ptree in various projects for 
various purposes and I like it a lot. At some point I've even created a 
working type-preserving version (based on basic_ptree<std::string, 
boost::any>) with the intention of creating read/write functions for 
MessagePack (msgpack.org) format. This could also be used for 
type-preserving JSON parsing you mentioned (or perhaps 
basic_ptree<std::string, boost::variant<...>> would be a better choice?).

Anyway, I believe I can find some time to work on this library. Please 
let me know how would you like to proceed.

Boris Rasin