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Subject: Re: [boost] Community Maintainence Team - a Modest proposal
From: Robert Ramey (ramey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-05-12 11:09:20


"Rene Rivera" <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
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>I like all this, but..
>
> On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Robert Ramey <ramey_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> c) Since we don't have a list of which companies are using which
>> libraries,
>> we will send a solicitation to volunteer to every person who has posted a
>> bug report for the library in question on the TRAC system. I believe
>> this
>> is the most likely source for prospective maintainers.
>>
>
> It might be both easier to maintain and more attractive to companies if
> that mention was in the library documentation instead of track.

LOL - OK - Let's have it BOTH ways. We'll mention the lack of maintainer in
both TRAC and the documentation. Then we'll point to the policy describing
the obligations, rights and benefits to sponsoring maintainence.

Robert Ramey


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