Vinnie Falco wrote:
My point is that the technical discussions (including the formal reviews) on the mailing list are a wonderful resource that casual observers have no way to see because it is locked up behind a mailing list. Boost can't leverage these discussions by linking to them in a news feed, highlighting popular discussions, attaching flair based on their participation, and so on and so forth. Imagine if StackOverflow was a mailing list instead.
Yes I realize that there are mirrors but that is not even close to the same thing. The Boost organization has no editorial control over a mirror, and it isn't even under a domain that has brand recognition.
The final phrase about the domain makes me wonder if you're unaware of https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/ ; it is available to "casual observers", could be linked to from anywhere, and has Boost "branding". Or do you not mean the Boost brand when you say "brand recognition"? - do you want a more recognised brand like github or stackoverflow or google or something? Regards, Phil.