Re: [boost] Are there libraries without ACTIVE maintainers?

Subject: Re: [boost] Are there libraries without ACTIVE maintainers?
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-07-20 17:05:33

On 7/20/2017 11:42 AM, paul via Boost wrote:
> On Wed, 2017-07-19 at 20:17 -0600, Gary Furnish via Boost wrote:
>> I've tried without success to get attn of property tree maintainers.  I
>> think it is unmaintained.
> 
> It definitely is unmaintaned. It has PRs from over a year without any response
> from the maintainer. It also doesn't allow opening issues either. I don't see
> how a open source library can be maintained without allowing users to open bug
> reports.

The official maintainer and one of the library authors is Sebastian 
Redl. Perhaps interested parties can attempt to contact him by e-mail. 
If he can no longer maintain the library Boost can consider someone else 
to maintain the library or the library can be added to the CMT.

> 
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2017 7:50 PM, "Michael Caisse via Boost" <boost_at_[hidden]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> <please do not top post>
>>>
>>> On 7/19/17 15:58, Alexander Zaitsev via Boost wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes, i know about this program. But what about libraries which have not
>>>> any company-maintainer?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> The link provided also refers to the CMT (Community Maintenance Team).
>>> More details are here:
>>> <https://svn.boost.org/trac10/wiki/CommunityMaintenance>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Caisse
>>> Ciere Consulting
>>> ciere.com