Re: [boost] Boost Trac, random, No-Maintainer?

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Trac, random, No-Maintainer?
From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-09 13:01:38

On 10/9/2017 6:12 AM, Daniel James via Boost wrote:
> On 9 October 2017 at 03:14, James E. King, III via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> My observation in the libraries I've wandered into is that issues in trac
>> do not get a lot of attention.
>> The backlog in many projects in trac today is littered with things that
>> have valid patches but sit open literally
>> for years.
> 
> We already have github pull requests that have sat open for years. It
> doesn't look like moving bug reports to a different platform will fix
> that particular problem.

It will make it easier for developers to see all problems in a single 
place. I agree with James King that a large part of the problem is that 
PRs are on Github and bug reports are on Boost trac, so the latter gets 
ignored even more because of that bifurcation.

> 
> http://www.boost.org/development/pull_requests.php?page_view=date