Re: Boost Culture

From: Inbal Levi (sinbal2lextra_at_[hidden])
Date: 2023-11-30 18:03:57

Sounds like a great idea!
Please let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

Thanks,
Inbal Levi

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On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 7:45 PM Peter Turcan via Boost <
boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Vinne,
>
> I'll start gathering some topics together and get this started.
>
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 3:54 PM Vinnie Falco via Boost <
> boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> > It occurs to me that newcomers to the mailing list will not have any
> > understanding of Boost culture or its development process. For example
> > there is a recurring theme where a new person will ask about "what
> > documentation toolchain does Boost use." The answer of course is that
> every
> > library has considerable autonomy to define how it wants to generate its
> > documents. The only requirement is that the final result is rendered as
> > HTML.
> >
> > Another example is the idea that there is a "CEO of Boost." Or rather
> that
> > there are particular individuals who have some sort of decision-making
> > authority for the entire libraries.
> >
> > Or another example, why we use mailing lists over dedicated forum
> software.
> >
> > We might consider putting together a document which centralizes all of
> the
> > collected wisdom and knowledge about Boost culture including the history
> of
> > its evolution and why some things are the way that they are. This would
> > facilitate the entry of newcomers to places like the mailing list which
> > assume that participants already know a lot about Boost culture.
> >
> > This could become a chapter in the new Contributor Guide:
> >
> > https://www.preview.boost.org/doc/contributor-guide/index.html
> >
> > Thanks
> >
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