Re: [boost] Attn: New Boost library policy text ready for approval

Subject: Re: [boost] Attn: New Boost library policy text ready for approval
From: David Sankel (camior_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-24 11:49:40

On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Niall Douglas via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > Thanks Niall for putting this together! A few comments:
> >
> >   * "Otherwise, you will just end up wasting everyone's time." This
> >     sentence is a bit abrasive. I suggest striking it.
> >   * "If what you really want is a site that will just post your library
> >     without even looking at it, you should go elsewhere." likewise
> >   * "and the emotional demands of a formal review" likewise. If you want
> >     to give the reader a heads up about the ego-crushing force of
> >     critiques by brilliant people, I would probably word it differently.
>
> These three are from the original page before this round of editing.
> It's possible I wrote them once, I'd have to check the history as I've
> changed that page quite a few times. But I also may not have done.
>
> You make a valid point though. One of my aims was to make the page more
> inclusive and welcoming and encouraging. The above could be better worded.
>
> >   * "Too often" . . . this sounds a bit rantish.
>
> Good catch.
>
> > Actually, I think I'll stop here for now. I like the idea of this and I
> > think you've got a lot of good ideas in here. The wording needs a little
> > TLC IMHO. Would you be willing to let me take a stab at massaging it a
> bit?
>
> If you're volunteering, then rock on, I would find that very helpful.
>
> I've pushed the current draft to my fork of boostorg/website and you can
> find it at
> https://github.com/ned14/website/commit/50a9b67aa14dba610a81
> c1b7542a3bbf8abb97a8.
> This also provides a diff for those interested in that. I've invited you
> @camio to collaborate on that repo, it should give you commit and push
> access.
>
> Once you've made your changes I can pull them onto
> boost-website.nedprod.com so we can all see them here for review.

Thanks. It looks like you already made some tone adjustments. Much better.
I did some more wordsmithing in https://github.com/ned14/website/commit/
72e3e7ce4351282a2da6d031633e7b0268cb36bc