On 3/4/24 15:50, Ion Gaztañaga via Boost wrote:
4) Terms of use: It was suggested that there needed to be a page like "Terms of Use" composed with help of a lawyer. AFAIK there is a new page (https://www.boost.io/terms-of-use/) that is much simpler and easier to read than the original. I'm not sure if Andrey's comments are addressed with the new TOU. Andrey, it's ok now?
The relevant issue is: https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/956 Yes, the updated TOU resolves the issues I had with it originally.
6) Moderation: We had a discussion about how moderation should be performed in the site (mainly as an anti-spam mechanism) and how it's implemented now in the mailing list (volunteers). My understanding is that the new website has some moderation tools so that anyone can submit news, etc... and that the same ML method (volunteers blessed in the ML) should be used to appoint the moderators for the site (not necessarily the same people that moderate the ML).
At this point, it's not clear what is going to be moderated. Vinnie has announced that the forum idea has been cancelled, and no support for comments is planned. I'm not sure what will be the mechanism for submitting news items. If it's through PRs, as with the current website, then moderation is the natural part of that process. In relation to this, it's not clear what's the purpose of user registration. What does it offer to the user?
I don't know if this summary is accurate, the aim was synthesize several ML threads into a single post, certainly I could be wrong on several points, please correct me in that case.
I believe, the most important issue left unresolved is regarding IP ownership and control over the new website. David posted that Boost Foundation will have a meeting about it mid-March. There are also a number of technical issues reported on GitHub. Some of them that I consider important for adequately replacing the current website are: https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/1000 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/996 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/951 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/946 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/945 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/943 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/939 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/932 https://github.com/boostorg/website-v2/issues/786
Now the next question is: *What's missing technically so that the new website can to live?*
It is already "live" as it is accessible through boost.io. If you mean switching boost.org to the new website then the IP and control issue I mentioned is blocking it.