Re: A More Welcoming Community

From: Marshall Clow (mclow.lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2024-09-23 19:09:18

On Sep 23, 2024, at 12:01 PM, Peter Dimov via Boost <boost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> 
> 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.

I would prefer saying “If Marshall can figure out where they should go, then he moves them to the appropriate repo”

But that could be considered a distinction w/o a difference.

> This can probably be improved. :-)

Oh, yeah.

— Marshall