On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Glyn Matthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> On 17 April 2011 16:10, Dean Michael Berris <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Everyone!
>>
>> I just wanted to let you all know that last February I accepted an
>> offer to work with Google Australia -- between then and now I've been
>> concerned with getting my paper work in order and tying up loose ends
>> in my consulting work before this fateful day. In a few hours, I will
>> be officially starting with Google Australia.
>>
>
> Excellent news, congratulations!
>

Thanks Glyn!

>>
>> I would just like to reiterate how I'm still committed to developing
>> and supporting the cpp-netlib effort -- and I encourage everyone who
>> has ideas as to what would be good to have and what would be good to
>> do with the library to sound off and make yourselves heard. I cannot
>> tell you enough how much hearing people are using the library makes me
>> feel -- and how it makes other contributors feel. Even if I'm not
>> making money off of cpp-netlib at the moment, the idea that people
>> like it and are thinking of using it in their projects (and those that
>> are already using it in their projects) is currency enough for me.
>>
>
> I'd still like to contribute, but I've been through some changes recently
> myself which has affected my commitment.  I've still got an old XMPP
> implementation that I'd like to see developed further.
>

That's cool, I understand exactly what you mean. :)

Make that two of us who'd like to see that implementation developed
further. Maybe we should schedule a 1.0-devel branch-and-merge (like
how we did last time circa 0.7 with the documentation overhaul) to
make that code available to more people and closer to the "main line"
development soon?

>>
>> Thanks again everyone and I do look forward to a more fruitful
>> cpp-netlib effort along with this new chapter of my life.
>>
>> Cheers from down under!
>
> Cheers, and I hope it goes well for you there!

Thanks Glyn! You and I both. :)

-- 
Dean Michael Berris
http://about.me/deanberris

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