Re: Boost Culture

From: Andrzej Krzemienski (akrzemi1_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-12-02 16:59:11

czw., 30 lis 2023 o 16:55 Vinnie Falco via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]>
napisał(a):

> It occurs to me that newcomers to the mailing list will not have any
> understanding of Boost culture or its development process. For example
> there is a recurring theme where a new person will ask about "what
> documentation toolchain does Boost use." The answer of course is that every
> library has considerable autonomy to define how it wants to generate its
> documents. The only requirement is that the final result is rendered as
> HTML.
>
> Another example is the idea that there is a "CEO of Boost." Or rather that
> there are particular individuals who have some sort of decision-making
> authority for the entire libraries.
>
> Or another example, why we use mailing lists over dedicated forum software.
>
> We might consider putting together a document which centralizes all of the
> collected wisdom and knowledge about Boost culture including the history of
> its evolution and why some things are the way that they are. This would
> facilitate the entry of newcomers to places like the mailing list which
> assume that participants already know a lot about Boost culture.
>
> This could become a chapter in the new Contributor Guide:
>
> https://www.preview.boost.org/doc/contributor-guide/index.html
>
>
The current Boost page has the Welcome section that covers similar topics.

Regards,
&rzej;