Re: [boost] [endian] Project not maintained

Subject: Re: [boost] [endian] Project not maintained
From: John Maddock (jz.maddock_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-04-03 14:00:30

> But I'm not sure that this is a good reason to not maintain a library 
> which has been accepted into Boost.  We've created an expectation that 
> everything in boost meets a certain standard and I'm wary of setting 
> that aside for any reason.  I'm sure those who recommended the 
> acceptance of the library had every expectation that it would be 
> maintained if accepted.  Do you think that the acceptance should be 
> reversed and the library withdrawn?
>

It's not unmaintained, and the library "as is" is very useful: it's just 
that a planned new feature has been dropped pending further 
investigation.  At least that's my reading of things.

And yes, floating point formats are a nightmare ;)

John.