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CMake Announcement from Boost Steering Committee
by Jon Kalb 13 Aug '24

13 Aug '24

The libraries produced by the Boost community have had a greater impact on the way that the C++ community writes code than any other library implementation. The focus of the Boost community will always be on the libraries, but it is undeniable that we are dependent on and often limited by the infrastructure of our trade. Years ago, the move to Git was contentious; yet, it was required to improve development. In a similar vein our build system has become an impediment for many developers and users, existing and prospective. Therefore, we, the Steering Committee, announce to the Boost community our desire and intent to move Boost’s build system to CMake for users and developers alike. We are soliciting comments and proposals from the community to guide the process and the goals. Our desire is that the community can come to consensus by the end of the calendar year with a vision of supporting users and developers. We understand that the actual process of achieving the end goal will be long, time consuming, and not without its share of conflict. We also recognize that the Boost community is comprised of bright and passionate individuals that are eager to get involved and help get work done. The members of the Steering Committee have been encouraged by the discussions and activity surrounding CMake on the mailing lists over the years and know that many people have voiced visions. We hope that each of you rejoins the discussion to support this initiative and contributes to the common goal of improving Boost’s integration into the broader C++ ecosystem. For the Boost Steering Committee, Jon Kalb, Chair jonkalb(a)boost.org

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Boost Governance?
by René Ferdinand Rivera Morell 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

A disclaimer: I write this solely as a Boost Library author. And not in any other capacity or representing any other interest. It's now been at least a year since Boost switched from the Software Freedom Conservancy to the Boost Foundation for its governance organization. But have people noticed any difference? Did you know that switch happened? Did you know that they held an election for the Board of Directors and for the Officers? Do you know when that election happened? Do you know who got elected? Do you know how they were selected? Do you know what their responsibilities are? Do you know what their bylaws are? Do you know their financials? More importantly: Did you answer "no" to any of those questions? As a library author, I can say I definitely answered no to many of those questions. This is a problem. As authors, without asking, we should know those answers from the organization that governs our work. We should have input into how that organization governs. In other words, we deserve open and transparent governance; not the closed and opaque status quo. -- -- René Ferdinand Rivera Morell -- Don't Assume Anything -- No Supone Nada -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net

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Paul Bristow
by John Maddock 08 Aug '24

08 Aug '24

I've just heard that Paul Bristow who helped so much with the development of Boost.Math and indeed many other libraries, passed away peacefully last week. RIP Paul. Much missed. John.

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Library proposal - indexed_array
by Julien Blanc 12 Oct '23

12 Oct '23

Hi, I've written and released a (rather small) library which allows defining arrays with arbitrary index mechanisms (hence the name, indexed_array). This especially allows indexing with scoped enums, use non zero-starting indexes, or use sparse indexes. This is not a view, but an array in the sense that it owns the data, and provides the same guarantees and functionalities as std::array, such as triviality propagation, being able to reside in read-only program sections, etc. It also supports multidimensional indexing, and provides an indexed_span template class to access lower dimension content (which can be used outside indexed_array). Finally, it provides an opt-in safer way to initialize the array content, which is especially useful when using complex and/or changing indexing schemes (like based on externally generated files). The library is available here: https://github.com/Julien-Blanc-tgcm/indexed_array And the doc is here: https://julien-blanc-tgcm.github.io/indexed_array/ It requires C++17 and mp11, and has first-class support for describe-d enums. If there is some interest, i'd like to propose it for inclusion in boost. So i'm looking for people who would endorse it. Thanks and best regards, Julien

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Reminder: Release Notes
by Marshall Clow 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

If you’ve been meaning to write release notes for your library for the 1.82.0 release, now is the time to do it. ;-) — Marshall

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Re: [boost] Master branch is now open for bug fixes
by Ruben Perez 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 16:38, Marshall Clow via Boost <boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > > The master branch is now open for bug fixes and documentation changes. I'd like to merge a UB fix to master for Boost.MySQL. It affects only debug builds. Not critical, but may hit some platforms. Discovered during development of new code. https://github.com/boostorg/mysql/pull/136 Thanks, Ruben.

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Re: [boost] Master branch is now open for bug fixes
by Mojca Miklavec 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

On Thu, 16 Mar 2023 at 16:38, Marshall Clow via Boost <boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > > The master branch is now open for bug fixes and documentation changes. > Other changes by release manager permission, as described in > https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy <https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy> I would be really grateful if the following patch (or an alternative resolution for the reported warning/error) could be included in the final release: https://github.com/boostorg/thread/pull/382 (The only other warning we get in our project is https://github.com/boostorg/container/issues/234, but I'm not sure if one is allowed to modify dlmalloc_ext_2_8_6.c.) Quite some other warnings that we've been running into in 1.80 have disappeared in the meantime: thank you very much for that. Thank you very much, Mojca

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Re: [boost] boost-1.82.0.beta1 tag looks wrong
by Marshall Clow 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

On Mar 29, 2023, at 8:57 AM, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > > commit ee18548b1eb68a592d0980611b5f96216ee71a2d (tag: boost-1.82.0.beta1) > Author: Automated Commit <automated(a)calamity.org.uk> > Date: Thu Mar 9 00:00:15 2023 +0000 > > Update multiprecision from develop > > Looks like the boost-1.82.0.beta1 tag points to develop rather than master. I think you’re right. The tag on the super project points to develop, and the one(s) on the sub-project all point to master. — Marshall

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boost-1.82.0.beta1 tag looks wrong
by Peter Dimov 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

commit ee18548b1eb68a592d0980611b5f96216ee71a2d (tag: boost-1.82.0.beta1) Author: Automated Commit <automated(a)calamity.org.uk> Date: Thu Mar 9 00:00:15 2023 +0000 Update multiprecision from develop Looks like the boost-1.82.0.beta1 tag points to develop rather than master.

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Re: [boost] Master branch is now open for bug fixes
by Jeff Trull 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

I'd like to merge a UB fix to master. It has (so far) not produced nasal demons, but is triggering checkers in projects that depend on Wave. https://github.com/boostorg/wave/pull/185 On Thu, Mar 16, 2023 at 8:38 AM Marshall Clow via Boost < boost(a)lists.boost.org> wrote: > The master branch is now open for bug fixes and documentation changes. > Other changes by release manager permission, as described in > > https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy < > https://github.com/boostorg/wiki/wiki/Releases%3A-Beta-Merge-Policy> > > The next deadline: On April 5th, master closes for all changes. > > As always, the calendar is at https://www.boost.org/development/ < > https://www.boost.org/development/> > > — Marshall > > > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe & other changes: > http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost >

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