> From: larsbj@lyx.org [mailto:larsbj@lyx.org]
>
> Ok... set up a list of approved subject tokens that will trigger boost
> maintainers and devlopers into activity then...

Less irony? A collegial tone? Suggestions (with arguments) to go with the patches?

> | That would be me, although the title is probably in the eye
> of the beholder
> | :-). However, applying patches or otherwise meddling with
> libraries that are
> | already maintained is not only rude, it's also a great
> maintenance risk, and
> | exactly the opposite of how we do things at Boost. Good or
> bad? Well, the
> | track record so far seems to indicate the former.
>
> To have this is a general rule is pretty cumbersome...
>
> this is assert thing is one that shouldn't need to involve
> lib-mainainters, as would other _simple_ stuff for removal of
> warnings.
>

And indeed, that might not be necessary. Still, we will discuss it on the list before it happens. If there is consensus that such a change should be applied, then I agree; that should not have to involve the maintainers.

Bjorn