Hi all,
now, as Andy has finished his implementation (here:
http://boost-consu
lting.com/vault/, file: uuid_v8.zip) we can move
forward
with the results of the review.
This review has been kind of special in the sense that
- it revealed some serious problems with the library to
review (a license
incompatibility problem and a security related problem
around the random
number generator scheme used),
- it also spawned lots of dicussions on how to solve these
problems.
In the end we reached full agreement on what has to be done
and Andy agreed
to implement the changes.
Normally, the mentioned problems would have prevented the
acceptance of the
library into Boost.
OTOH, I think the following facts warrant not to reject the
library in the
first place:
- The issues have already been discussed and a consensus has
been reached on
how to resolve the problems
- Almost all reviewers found the proposed library to be
incredibly useful
and wanted to see the library accepted given the problems
will be resolved
- Andy fixed all of the significant problems in a short
timeframe
The final decision about the acceptance of the library will
be made after a
mini review of the proposed library (to be scheduled), which
should
concentrate on the new code presented by Andy and whether
the mentioned
problems have been appropriately fixed.
Regards Hartmut
Review Manager
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