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Subject: Re: [boost] Maintenance suspended
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-07-09 07:51:15


On Jul 8, 2010, at 8:39 PM, Joel de Guzman wrote:

> On 7/8/10 8:28 PM, Christophe Henry wrote:
>>
>> PS:
>> Thinking about it more, it would be a good idea if every boost author
>> would mentor one or several "young" members who could take over when
>> the author's situation changes. In any company, we usually try to
>> avoid having only one person knowing a subject.
>> Maybe a boostcon would be a good place where authors would explain the
>> inside of their library?
>
> This is exactly what happened to Fusion and now happening to Phoenix
> with the past and present GSOC projects.

Hey, that's a great idea. To actually institute such a program requires someone to come up with "young" members who are ready and willing to be mentored. Christophe, would you like to take that project on?
  

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