Re: [boost] Boost.Format Library Maintenance

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost.Format Library Maintenance
From: James E. King, III (jking_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-10-12 13:31:24

On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:06 PM, Edward Diener via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 10/7/2017 10:53 AM, James E. King, III via Boost wrote:
>
>> Currently the Boost.Format library is being maintained by the CMT.  I
>> would
>> like to petition for that responsibility and lighten their case load
>> further.  I recently assumed maintenance for Boost.Uuid, and I have added
>> Universal Windows Platform support to Boost.WinAPI and Boost.Predef so
>> that
>> folks will have an easier time making Windows Store compatible apps.  I
>> have also been working on a change that will add UWP support to
>> Boost.Random and turn it into a header-only library, and expect to submit
>> that in the next few days.  I would like to shore up the CI environment
>> for
>> Boost.Format and groom the backlog in trac and on github, and get all the
>> open issues resolved.
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration,
>>
>
> I would like to applaud Jim King for the work he has done with updating
> the uuid library and back him in his desire to be the maintainer for the
> format library. I believe he is fully capable of these library maintenance
> positions.
>

Any additional actions I need to take in order to move this forward?

- Jim