Subject: Re: [boost] 5 Observations - My experience with the boost libraries
From: Nelson, Erik - 2 (erik.l.nelson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-03-24 15:20:48


Jim Bosch wrote:

>I don't know how formal it should be, but I think having a way for a
maintainer to admit that they've mostly moved on might be a good thing.

Is there some 'activity metric' or some other way of measuring if the
library is being maintained or neglected? That might be a way to
programmatically show volunteers where attention is needed even in the
absence of the maintainer admitting they've moved on.

Erik