Re: [boost] boost users : articles

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-28 16:45:04

When the moderators have decided among themselves, Jon should post something
to boost-announce. Everyone has posting privileges there.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Kalb" <jonkalb_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: [boost] boost users : articles

> For Boost-Announce I think we should have something like this:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> Boost has formed a new mailing list called "Boost-Users" specifically
> for dealing with user issues. The focus of the list is not developing
> libraries, but is on putting them to work. You can subscribe to this
> list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost-users or by sending email to
> boost-users-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.com.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> A more press-release-y version, if we have a place to use it, would be:
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> C++ Boosters announce an new forum for users of the Boost Libraries!
>
> Boost-Users is a forum for discussion of issues related to using the
> libraries available at www.boost.org. These are free, peer-reviewed,
> portable C++ source libraries.
>
> The focus of the forum is to help users to leverage these libraries in
> their own development projects. Users can join this forum at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost-users or by sending email to
> boost-users-subscribe_at_yahoogroups.com.
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Abrahams [mailto:david.abrahams_at_[hidden]]
> > Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 2:03 PM
> > To: boost_at_[hidden]
> > Subject: Re: [boost] boost users : articles
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jens Maurer" <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]>
> >
> >
> > > Jeff Garland wrote:
> > > > http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl
> > >
> > > Looks ok to me.  Let's see what happens.  If some pages are good
> > > enough, they might even become part of www.boost.org.
> > >
> > > Beman, Dave, are you going to post an announcement to
> > boost-announce,
> > > possible with two sentences explaining what a "wiki" is?
> >
> > I'd be happy to if the organizers of boost-users and the Wiki
> > would please compose the announcement ;-)
> >
> > This is not my baby, though I strongly support it; I'd like
> > to give those with the most at stake a chance to represent themselves.
> >
> > -Dave
> >
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