Re: [boost] Separate Boost newsgroups for individual Boost libraries

From: Edward Diener (eldiener_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-07-12 15:23:01

Sebastian Redl wrote:
> Edward Diener wrote:
>> I would like to suggest that Boost have separate NGs for each 
>> individual library. I also think, for each individual library, a 
>> separate user and developer NG should exist.
>>
>> While this will lead to many more NGs, it will make it much easier for 
>> users/developers to have concerns addressed for a particular Boost 
>> library, and to have the implementor of that library address those 
>> concerns. Also of course it will make it easier for people interested, 
>> or working with, a particular Boost library, to go to the appropriate 
>> NG to read about any issues brought up regarding that library.
> A developer list per library might make sense. However, a user list per 
> library would, in my opinion (and experience from forums), mostly lead 
> to misposted messages.

Boost users are better than you assume them to be. If there were 
individual user library NGs I believe the vast majority of users would 
follow that guideline to post to the appropriate NG.