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Notice of Intent To Redirect boost.org to boost.io
by Vinnie Falco 02 Aug '24

02 Aug '24

All: A consensus to launch the new Boost website was reached by both the community and the Boost Foundation. Since then, the Foundation has: * Ignored the consensus decision reached in April [1] * Prevented the C++ Alliance's attempt to secure the boost.org domain [2] * Launched the competing "Beman Project" [3] * Voted to "cut ties with the Alliance" [4] * Avoided important questions asked on the mailing list, for over a month As it is clear now that Foundation control of the boost.org domain may be harmful to Boost, the existing website will be redirected to the new website. Absent objection, this pull request to redirect boost.org to boost.io will be merged on August 5, 2024: https://github.com/boostorg/website/pull/861 Thanks [1] https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2024/04/256602.php [2] https://cppalliance.org/pdf/Domain-Name-Purchase-Agreement.pdf [3] https://www.bemanproject.org/ [4] https://cppalliance.org/pdf/Boost-Foundation-Minutes.pdf

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Re: [boost] A Follow Up to My Original Note Re The Future of Boost
by Adam C Getchell 02 Aug '24

02 Aug '24

> On Aug 1, 2024, at 3:31 PM, boost-request(a)lists.boost.org wrote: >> >> Here are what we believe to be the available options. >> >> 1. >> >> The C++ Alliance assumes control of the Boost assets, including the >> boost.org domain name. The Boost Foundation becomes uninvolved in any >> decisions related to the Boost Libraries. +1. My perspective is that I’d like to spend as much time possible writing code to solve scientific problems, rather than fighting with package managers, build systems, and bugs in libraries lacking maintainers to fix them. As far as I can tell, except for the efforts of particular library authors and the C++ Alliance, Boost has been largely stagnant. I support efforts to keep Boost and C++ relevant. Otherwise, folks like me will probably write new code in Rust rather than dealing with these issues. Adam P.S. To be fair, that ship has probably sailed for some of us. [1] [1] https://engineering.01cloud.com/2024/08/01/tractor-automating-the-transitio…

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