Re: Build Boost Back Better

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-04-06 00:54:58

On Apr 5, 2022, at 5:07 PM, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 6:41 PM Marshall Clow via Boost <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> On Apr 4, 2022, at 10:43 AM, Vinnie Falco via Boost <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> > 
> > This came up before but it is worth mentioning again; in addition to a
> > website update to make boost.org <http://boost.org/> <http://boost.org/ <http://boost.org/>> modern and relevant, how do we feel
> > about a transition to forum-based discussion instead of the mailing
> > list?
> 
> Strongly opposed.
> 
> The beauty of email is that 
> 
> * the discussion *comes to me*; that I don’t have to go and check some website to see if there are new posts.
> * I have a local archive of the boost mailing lists going back to (checks…) 2009 at my fingertips. Pre-2009 requires a bit more work.
> * I can read (and search, and reply) with tools of my choice.
> 
> If you know of a forum-based discussion that offers those benefits, I’d love to hear about it.
> 
> https://www.discourse.org/ <https://www.discourse.org/>
I forgot the most important thing about email.

* It doesn’t interrupt me when “new stuff is available”; I can look at it when I want.

I looked at Discourse a year ago, and hated it.

I didn’t see any information about alternate clients, workflows etc a year ago, so I’ll take a look again, but the my take on the default experience was “like Slack, but with cheesier graphics and more sounds, animations, and interruptions”.

— Marshall