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How to Be an Effective Boost Review Manager by Arnaud Becheler

Posted on Sep 15th, 2025 by Robert Beeston

Boost.SQLite proposal results

Posted on Sep 13th, 2025 by Robert Beeston

Boost.SQLite proposal from Klemens Morgenstern has been rejected. The author is encouraged to resubmit after addressing the issues identified in the review. Thanks to Review Manager Mohammad Nejati.

Repo: https://github.com/klemens-morgenstern/sqlite
Docs: https://klemens.dev/sqlite
Review results: lists.boost.org/arch....HCBTPPBGM6WW54PBFNR/

Improving libraries through Boost review process: the case of OpenMethod

Posted on Sep 4th, 2025 by Jean-Louis Leroy

Since 2013, I have been working on libraries that implement open multi-methods
in modern C++. After releasing the first one - YOMM11 - I asked on the Boost
mailing list if there was an interest in bringing YOMM11 into Boost. Back then
there was not much.

I made another attempt when I released the much improved YOMM2, but interest was
still feeble. Or maybe I did not explain what it was about well enough.

Anyway, I continued improving YOMM2 as a stand-alone project, and, in
retrospect, I now think that…