February 2015 - Boost-announce

VMD library accepted
by Steven Watanabe 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

AMDG The VMD library submitted by Edward Diener is ACCEPTED into Boost. I apologize for the long delay for this announcement. Thanks to everyone who participated in the formal review * Nial Douglass * Bjorn Reese * Rodrigo Madera * Zhou Zhenghui * Matt Calabrese * Paul Mensonides Reviews for the library were generally positive. The library was considered to be a useful set of tools for macro programmers. Paul expressed concern about the way the the library handles v-sequences and v-identifiers. After some discussion, Edward has agreed that the interface could be significantly improved. Work Items: * Add examples and improved motivation in the documentation * Update the v-identifier/v-sequence interface based on Paul's comments * Fix inaccurate statements about Boost.Preprocessor per Paul In Christ, Steven Watanabe

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[gsoc15] Org application closes on Friday 20th
by Niall Douglas 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Three days remain until the GSoC org application closes on Friday 20th of April. As can be seen at https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015, we have just SIX project proposals and FIVE mentors who have publicly made themselves available on the ideas list this year. This is significantly lower than this time last year. If you would like to attract students to work on your Boost library in 2015, please consider adding a formal project idea to the list above before Friday. If you would like to mentor in some topic or field, please make yourself known to us so we can add you to the list of available mentors for 2015. Oh, and don't forget to mention the fields you are interested in! Thanks, Niall and Boris --- Boost C++ Libraries Google Summer of Code 2015 admin https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015

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[gsoc15] Google Summer of Code 2015 ideas needed before 20th Feb
by Niall Douglas 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Dear Boost community, The Google Summer of Code 2015 organisation application period has begun. We need project ideas for our ideas page at https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015, plus anyone willing to mentor. Last year we got eight slots, the previous year seven slots. Let's try to get back to ten slots for 2015! Niall & Boris --- Boost C++ Libraries Google Summer of Code 2015 admin https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/SoC2015

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