Re: A history of the Boost Foundation

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-11 22:37:05

On 9/11/24 22:23, Zach Laine via Boost wrote:
> 
> 4) The Board is a volunteer project, like Boost is.  As such, people
> work mostly on what they care about, and don't really do much for
> things they don't care about.  So when I read, "The Board is not
> communicating enough," I think there are a couple of things to
> consider.  4a) Do we expect volunteers to do the stuff they want to
> work on, and then communicate that they did that to someone else that
> was not working on that same thing?  Do we do that with our Boost
> libraries?  I might communicate changes, including bug fixes, in
> release notes.  I do this because it affects others.  But if I make a
> non-functional change, who do I tell, and why?

I don't think that issues with the website, or X accounts, or the logo
(which, formally, Boost may not have the right to use) and a number of
other things can be categorized as not affecting users or developers.

> Note that, when there
> has been a loss of service, someone has mentioned it on the list right
> away, as far as I know.  Do we also want people to mention when the
> Board took some action that kept a loss of service from happening?

Why not? If someone did the work, he might as well get the well deserved
praise for it.