Re: A More Welcoming Community

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-23 19:01:13

Vinnie Falco wrote:
> You said that it was inconvenient to report a bug, and I agree. You have to sign
> up for the list, wait for the email verification, then post by sending an email,
> and then wait for the moderator to approve it. And then you have to wait for
> the replies.
> 
> Here is an idea: we can present a web page "report an issue" which combines
> the process of posting a message and signing up for the mailing list. We can
> use OAuth, to also allow for Google or GitHub credentials to be used for
> skipping the verification step. This would streamline the process. The counter-
> argument is that these users should be using GitHub issues. There are
> advantages to each method. Through the mailing list, we get more activity and
> a consolidated view of needs. Through GitHub we get better technology and
> global visibility.

Our current procedure for reporting issues in general is (1) users open issues in
boostorg/boost, (2) Marshall occasionally looks at them and moves them to
the appropriate repo.

This can probably be improved. :-)