Re: A few updates...

From: Vladimir Batov (Vladimir.Batov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-04-01 22:17:58

Holy shit.

On 2024-04-02 08:40, David Sankel via Boost wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have a few updates regarding Boost organization that I wanted to 
> share
> with the wider community.
> 
> First, as many of you are already aware, Vinnie Falco, Rene Rivera, and
> others from the C++ Alliance have set up a rival Boost website 
> (boost.io
> vs. boost.org), Boost Twitter account (@BoostLibraries
> vs. @Boost_Libraries), and LinkedIn account. As this behavior is 
> gravely
> injurious to the Boost community and amounts to a hostile takeover 
> attempt,
> it has been decided to ban these individuals from the Boost mailing 
> list
> for the foreseeable future. Libraries owned by these individuals will 
> be
> removed from the main Boost distribution in future releases unless 
> others
> volunteer to continue their maintenance. Additionally, we have 
> initiated
> legal action to get these false Internet assets taken down under common
> trademark law. I hope with these steps we will finally put behind us 
> the
> unfortunate events of the past few months.
> 
> Second, we have decided to retire the Boost mailing list in favor of
> discord.boost.org to attract a newer demographic of Boost users and
> developers who prefer this medium to legacy mailing lists. The 
> transition
> will not be immediate, but we hope to have it complete by April 1, 
> 2025. I
> know some of you have been reluctant to this kind of change, but as Roy 
> T
> Bennett once said, "change begins at the end of your comfort zone."
> 
> Third, I am very pleased to announce that Microsoft has given the Boost
> Foundation a $850,000 grant as part of their Rust initiative. These 
> funds
> will be used primarily to port Boost libraries to the Rust programming
> language. We will begin by porting recent additions to Boost, such as
> Boost.Parser, since some of the older libraries (e.g. Boost.SmartPtr)
> already have equivalents in the Rust standard library. The Boost 
> community
> is invited to provide additional input as to the priority of various
> conversions.
> 
> Finally, and with some regret, I must share the news that the Boost
> Foundation will be dissolving itself per popular request from Boost
> developers considering it (incorrectly) be concerned with only the 
> C++Now
> conference. The Boost Foundation's assets will be held under trust by
> Robert Ramey and Niall Douglas until more appropriate governance is 
> built.
> 
> That's all for now. I hope y'all have a great week!
> 
> -- David Sankel
> 
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