Re: [boost] Avoiding message overload by tagging messages

From: Beman Dawes (beman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-08-09 14:41:03

David Abrahams wrote:

 >> Two topics which bore some readers are the CVS repository and fixing
 >> libraries to work with broken compilers.  So we might agree on 
including
 >> CVS and CFIX (or similar) in the subject lines.
 >>
 >> Is this a worth a try?
 >
 >No, I don't think so. But please be democratic and outvote me if
 >neccessary!
 >
 >I like "portability" or just "porting" much better than "CFIX".

Are you arguing against the concept, or a particular choice of keywords?

 > This could
 >get complicated. What If I'm just interested in porting to BCC and
 >CodeWarrior? I'd still have to read message bodies to filter those out.

I wasn't suggesting we do anything complex.  Just pick a few (4-6) common 
topics and ask people to make sure some otherwise unlikely word or word 
appears in the subject. Doesn't have to be a full word, either.  "Thread" 
would cover "Threads", "Threading", "Threaded", etc.  Sub-categories are 
overkill, IMO.

How about:

     Threads
     CVS
     Compiler, MSVC, VC, CodeWarrior, CW, BCC, egcs, gcc, and similar 
specific compiler keywords.  (All as a single filter; not separate 
categories)

 >How about we just try to keep the subject lines descriptive?

That alone doesn't help those trying to do automated filtering.

--Beman