Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] cpp-netlib status (including Pion integration)

[Michael D. <mi...@at...>]

Hi Matt,

Speaking only for myself here..   Merging it in was the intention but  
I was probably way too optimistic on my time availability to help make  
that happen.  Reality set in and it just never really developed enough  
momentum..  There was an attempt to try to get some GSoC help  
(including some great applicants who were interested in working on it)  
but that was unfortunately unsuccessful.

I'm still in support of the idea, but as I understand it, cpp-netlib  
has come a long way on its own and is now a very usable client-side  
library.  Although pion-net has some client side capabilities, its  
strength is really in building a fast & extensible Boost-based HTTP  
server and that is really what it was designed for (its client side  
API is a bit kludgy right now because of that, IMHO).  Although we  
continue to release updates to pion-net and use it extensively within  
our products, I don't believe Atomic Labs has made any really big  
changes to the library over the past year.

So, if you're looking to build a fast HTTP server interface into your  
application, pion-net is probably the better choice.  But if you're  
looking for a client-side library and cpp-netlib does what you need,  
then it is probably the way to go.

Take care,
-Mike

P.S.  I'm happy to support and work with anyone who can help make the  
merge happen.  If we can end up merging the two (without loss of  
functionality), I'll be happy to switch over to using the new library  
in the rest of our (Atomic Labs') code.  Unfortunately, I just don't  
have a lot of time available these days to lead the effort myself.


On May 25, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Matt Trentini wrote:

> Heya folks,
>
> I'm just wondering about the status of cpp-netlib?  Dean, Glyn, are
> you guys still working on the project?
>
> Our group is looking to make REST calls and, as we're already heavily
> using boost, cpp-netlib seemed the strongest candidate.
>
> Pion also looked like a great candidate but I saw that Mike announced
> (http://www.pion.org/node/77) that his intention was to merge Pion to
> cpp-netlib and, ultimately, to put together a library that could be
> submitted to boost.  Sounds great to me!  However that was over a year
> ago and although some integration seems to have occurred there doesn't
> seem to have been any work for some time.  I also notice that Pion has
> had a number of releases since.  Is the intention still to merge more
> of Pion to cpp-netlib?
>
> Assuming the project is still active I'll do what I can to help out.
>
> Cheers,
> Matt
>
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