Re: Potential Launch of Boost Website: Request for Final Feedback

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-02-13 23:26:15

On 2/13/24 21:35, Vinnie Falco wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 9:54 AM Andrey Semashev via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> 
>     I agree that the current wording cannot go live as an official Boost
>     website.
> 
> I think that the current wording was just something copied and pasted in
> an effort to comply with a legal requirement since the new site collects
> information as part of the login process where the old site does not.
> The C++ Alliance has no desire to restrict anyone such as Boost users,
> library authors, maintainers, or anyone else. We are very happy to
> receive pull requests with new proposed text, and I would like to keep
> reminding everyone that the site is going to be a work in progress for
> years.

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> And again, we're happy to receive pull requests :) I do not think we
> should wait until the website is "perfect" because that is in truth
> unlikely to ever happen. What we need to do is publish this site sooner
> rather than later and let the community pitch in to help us polish it up
> further.

There are issues that can be fixed post-release and there are issues
that should block the release. I think, this one is of the latter kind.

Also, I don't see the reason to rush the new website. It's not like we
don't have one right now.