Re: [Boost-announce] Boost Asset Stewardship Review begins today (3rd Sept)

From: Darrrell Wright (darrell.wright_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-14 23:49:55

Not sure if this came up, sorry if it has.  One benefit of combining
the two mailing lists is the potential for far more reviewers of new
Boost projects.  The users of Boost probably have great insight here.

Darrell

On Sat, 2024-09-14 at 19:38 +0000, Christopher Kormanyos via Boost
wrote:
> Â > I had a crazy idea... we could combine the boost-users and boost
> > developers mailing lists into one (just boost dev).
> Â +1
> 
> This idea is far from crazy. The two
> lists are redundant and competitive.
> Ther secular existence complicates
> the overall communicative scheme.
> 
> A combination would relieve this
> disparity and lead to a congealing of
> those interested in using and moving.
> 
> The boost interest has already been
> pegged as atrociously dwindling.
> Two dwingling lists are worse than 1.
> 
> Until our comeback, of course, which
> is forthcoming.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Â Â Â  On Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 05:12:42 PM GMT+2, Vinnie
> Falco via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:Â  
> Â 
>  On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 1:15 AM John Maddock via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> > Leaving that aside for a moment, I can actually see one other
> > advantage:
> > easier entry for newbies, that just want to ask one question and
> > move
> > on.  That's not appropriate for this list, but it might well be for
> > "boost-users" which let's be honest, currently gets almost no
> > postings
> 
> I had a crazy idea... we could combine the boost-users and boost
> developers mailing lists into one (just boost dev). Since there is
> little activity in the users mailing list this could help keep things
> a little more lively.
> 
> Thanks
> 
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