Re: [sigc] libsigc++ project status - is it dead?

["Paul Davis" <pjdavis engineering uiowa edu>]

On 5/14/07, Michael Ekstrand <mekstran scl ameslab gov> wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 22:48 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > While looking for a C++ signalt and slots library to use together with
> > SDL and a few other bits, I stumbled across libsigc++.
> >
> > I've read through the documentation and managed to build a few small
> > test apps using the library and I like it very much.  But there's one
> > thing that concerns me, the project seems to be dead.  The last 2.0.17
> > release is from 20-Dec-2005 and there's almost no traffic on the
> > mailing list.  This makes me a bit worried - if I start using the
> > library in serious projects it would be nice to know if it's still a
> > live project or if it has been abandoned.
> >
> > Can you enlighten me on the status of the library/project ?
>
> It's very much in active use - GTKmm makes extensive use of it.  It
> hasn't seen much change lately, but that just means it's stable.  It's
> still excercised regularly.
>
> - Michael
>
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> Michael Ekstrand
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Jesper,

Just to echo Michael's comments, libsigc++ is used by gtkmm and won't
be going anywhere for a long long time.

Although, I did want to point out that if you're already using boost,
you might also want to check out their functor packages.  The two
systems are almost identical ( which is on purpose IIRC ), but if
you're already using other boost packages, that might make more sense.

HTH,
Paul Davis