Re: [boost] Build Boost Back Better

On Apr 5, 2022, at 5:07 PM, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:

On Tue, Apr 5, 2022, 6:41 PM Marshall Clow via Boost mailto:boost@lists.boost.org> wrote: On Apr 4, 2022, at 10:43 AM, Vinnie Falco via Boost mailto:boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:

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This came up before but it is worth mentioning again; in addition to a website update to make boost.org http://boost.org/ <http://boost.org/ http://boost.org/> modern and relevant, how do we feel about a transition to forum-based discussion instead of the mailing list?

Strongly opposed.

The beauty of email is that

* the discussion *comes to me*; that I don’t have to go and check some website to see if there are new posts. * I have a local archive of the boost mailing lists going back to (checks…) 2009 at my fingertips. Pre-2009 requires a bit more work. * I can read (and search, and reply) with tools of my choice.

If you know of a forum-based discussion that offers those benefits, I’d love to hear about it.

https://www.discourse.org/ https://www.discourse.org/

I forgot the most important thing about email. * It doesn’t interrupt me when “new stuff is available”; I can look at it when I want. I looked at Discourse a year ago, and hated it. I didn’t see any information about alternate clients, workflows etc a year ago, so I’ll take a look again, but the my take on the default experience was “like Slack, but with cheesier graphics and more sounds, animations, and interruptions”. — Marshall