Re: A few updates...

From: Steve Downey (sdowney_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-04-01 22:58:53

"We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor we're aware of."

On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 6:35 PM Marshall Clow via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Apr 1, 2024, at 3:17 PM, Vladimir Batov via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >
> > On 2024-04-02 08:40, David Sankel via Boost wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >> I have a few updates regarding Boost organization that I wanted to share
> >> with the wider community.
> >> First, as many of you are already aware, Vinnie Falco, Rene Rivera, and
> >> others from the C++ Alliance have set up a rival Boost website (
> boost.io
> >> vs. boost.org), Boost Twitter account (@BoostLibraries
> >> vs. @Boost_Libraries), and LinkedIn account. As this behavior is gravely
> >> injurious to the Boost community and amounts to a hostile takeover
> attempt,
> >> it has been decided to ban these individuals from the Boost mailing list
> >> for the foreseeable future. Libraries owned by these individuals will be
> >> removed from the main Boost distribution in future releases unless
> others
> >> volunteer to continue their maintenance. Additionally, we have initiated
> >> legal action to get these false Internet assets taken down under common
> >> trademark law. I hope with these steps we will finally put behind us the
> >> unfortunate events of the past few months.
> >> Second, we have decided to retire the Boost mailing list in favor of
> >> discord.boost.org to attract a newer demographic of Boost users and
> >> developers who prefer this medium to legacy mailing lists. The
> transition
> >> will not be immediate, but we hope to have it complete by April 1,
> 2025. I
> >> know some of you have been reluctant to this kind of change, but as Roy
> T
> >> Bennett once said, "change begins at the end of your comfort zone."
> >> Third, I am very pleased to announce that Microsoft has given the Boost
> >> Foundation a $850,000 grant as part of their Rust initiative. These
> funds
> >> will be used primarily to port Boost libraries to the Rust programming
> >> language. We will begin by porting recent additions to Boost, such as
> >> Boost.Parser, since some of the older libraries (e.g. Boost.SmartPtr)
> >> already have equivalents in the Rust standard library. The Boost
> community
> >> is invited to provide additional input as to the priority of various
> >> conversions.
> >> Finally, and with some regret, I must share the news that the Boost
> >> Foundation will be dissolving itself per popular request from Boost
> >> developers considering it (incorrectly) be concerned with only the
> C++Now
> >> conference. The Boost Foundation's assets will be held under trust by
> >> Robert Ramey and Niall Douglas until more appropriate governance is
> built.
> >> That's all for now. I hope y'all have a great week!
> >> -- David Sankel
> >
> > Holy shit.
>
> What day is today?
>
>
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13259171/April-fools-best-worst-pranks.html
>
> — Marshall
>
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