Re: [Boost-users] Re: The Boost Community

From: Dave Snowdon (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-09 04:03:03

I'd like to second what Stefan said. Before I started using boost (only 
a couple of months back) I'd seen references to it in many articles in 
the C++ User Journal not to mention a few C++ related books. After 
starting on a new C++ project I realised I needed some of the libraries 
mentioned and went straight for them. So it was not so much a case of 
"do I need boost?" but "where do I find the bits I need now, and how do 
I use them?"

Dave

Stefan Strasser wrote:

> I don't think people come by accident to the boost page(and they 
> definitely don't to the community page) and need to be convinced that 
> they need boost.
> they look for a specific library/class and they've been told, "boost 
> has that". later on they look what also is in boost.
> at least that is how it worked for me.
>
> so a community page(especially user comments in documentation) helps a 
> new user to get into it. it is imho not the function of a community 
> page to raise interest. (and I think it can't).
>
> and I think the best thing you can do to bring a new user into the 
> community thing is to have documentation and user comments on the same 
> page(see php). because what a user definitely does is look at the 
> documentation when he's found the library he's looking for.
>