[C++-sig] [Boost.Python] Request to merge some patches from trunk into 1.40 branch (was: Re: PySide has been released)

[Anderson Lizardo]

I think it was not clear in the announcement, but PySide uses Boost.Python.

And for it to work properly, we need a few patches that are already in
Boost SVN trunk, but in none of the release branches.

Therefore, is it possible to get these patches merged into the 1.40
release branch before the final release? That would make life a lot
easier for other distros to try PySide without requiring to apply
patches separately.

The relevant commits are listed in http://www.pyside.org/downloads/, they are:

Add generic call operator support.
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/47846
Support C++ enums which have the same value.
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/53660
Fix unsigned integer converters.
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/54919
Fix unsigned integer converters (update).
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/54923

IMHO these patches fix important bugs in Boost.Python, and the first
two were in trunk even before the 1.39 release, but were never
merged...

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Anderson Lizardo
OpenBossa Labs - INdT
Manaus - Brazil