On 2022-04-04 13:43, Vinnie Falco via Boost wrote:
Well, now that I have everyone's attention just before the release, I'd like to draw attention to the elephant in the room. That is, the declining level of activity on the Boost mailing lists and the declining level of participation in the Boost formal review process. Both in terms of the number of reviewers, and in terms of the difficulty in finding a review manager.
Clearly, a website update is necessary and along with it some type of campaign to highlight once again the important role that Boost serves in the C++ community for both professionals and amateurs alike. But what more can we do?
This came up before but it is worth mentioning again; in addition to a website update to make boost.org modern and relevant, how do we feel about a transition to forum-based discussion instead of the mailing list? I realize this will ruffle some feathers but surely the alternative, a descent into irrelevance due to steady declining activity is worse?
It stands to reason that a decline of participation (or development activity in general) is somehow caused by the website not being attractive or the communication requiring the wrong tools. In fact, I remember numerous discussions all being misguided by the underlying assumption that everything can be solved by new and shiny tools. (What else would you expect from a bunch of engineers !?) (For avoidance of doubt, I have nothing against a website overhaul or a move to a different communication channel. But I strongly doubt that this per se will have any lasting effect on the community.) Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin...