Bug#579373: ITP: zthreads -- A platform-independent, multi-threading and synchronization library for C++

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 14:07 +0200, Cleto Martin Angelina wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Cleto Martin Angelina <cleto.martin@gmail.com>
> Owner: Cleto Martin Angelina <cleto.martin@gmail.com>
> 
> * Package name    : zthreads
libzthreads?
>   Version         : 2.3.2
>   Upstream Author : Eric Crahen <ecrahen@users.sourceforge.net>
> * URL             : http://zthread.sourceforge.net/
> * License         : MIT
>   Programming Lang: C++
>   Description     : A platform-independent, multi-threading, object-oriented and synchronization library for C++
This is a pretty long "short description".
I would suggest something like:
  "synchronization library"
or
  "synchronization library for C++"

> Zthreads is an advanced platform-independant, object-oriented
> threading and synchronization library. Designed and tested under POSIX
> & Win32 systems. Not just another thread wrapper.
> ..
> It provides several structures for concurrent programming like
> PoolExecutor, MonitoredQueue, Barriers and much more. Futhermore,
                                                          ^^
                          My spell checker suggest:     Furthermore 
> structures like Task and Thread are provided for creating threading
> applications in C++ easier.

> This library is used in Bruce Eckel's book "Thinking in
> C++" as a good framework for concurrent programming.

This last paragraph could/should be dropped. (IMHO, this sounds like
advertising, and it isn't a useful information about what the package is
doing / why it is useful / when it it should be used)

Thanks,

Franklin