In this recent reddit post, Jonathan (online nickname "foonathan") says:
AFAIK the CppAlliance decided to unilaterally write a new boost website for the Boost foundation, but the Boost foundation wasn't/isn't that interested in it. ... I was told details, but I don't know whether they are official Boost foundation statements or personal views of the person that told me about it, so I don't want to share them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/cpp/comments/14whxvd/comment/jriii9h/ I responded with a clarification which I am reposting here for the convenience of the folks on the mailing list. Cut on the dotted line: Thanks ---- Point of clarification here: We (a collection of Boost library authors including myself) recognized the need for an updated website. Discussions about a new website would recur on the mailing list, with everyone offering different opinions. There were one (maybe two? efforts to produce a new website which started out with good intentions but ultimately failed for various reasons (venturing a guess I would say that it was a "design by committee" problem combined with a lack of resources). The current new in-development website is here (the URL is temporary): https://boost.revsys.dev Please open any issues or requests in the corresponding site repo: https://github.com/cppalliance/temp-site Because I care about Boost and I am deeply committed to improving the C++ ecosystem, I decided that The C++ Alliance would invest its resources in a new website project, following these principles: That we would start building the site first instead of starting with lengthy mailing list discussions that go nowhere. That the new site would be designed according a vision that was later outlined in a mailing list post (see: https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/2023/05/254612.php) *After* the site was substantially completed we would launch a public beta to get feedback on what areas we need to work on. That we would leave to the Boost community: the library authors, maintainers, reviewers, release managers, and users; the decision on whether the new website is what they want to represent Boost going forward. In other words I took the approach to simply build it first and then figure out what people want later. Because the mailing list tradition is to debate a thing intensely and then proceed to do nothing as no one is interesting in actually doing the work. Of course I recognized and accepted before the project was started that this could be one huge gamble; that no one is going to want this type of site, and that most everyone prefers the existing site. I can understand the Boost Foundation's reluctance to embrace this new website. Creating, maintaining, and hosting something of this high level of quality requires resources. Fortunately, The C++ Alliance is well equipped for the task. To ensure the ongoing success of this website we have allocated in our budget ongoing full-time staff as well as the resources to ensure that the website is performant for visitors in every timezone (as Boost has a global audience). Our dedicated website staff includes: Samuel Darwin: Our full-time CTO/Senior DevOps expert. He is the guy who deployed Drone CI and make it available for the entire Boost GitHub organization (example: https://drone.cpp.al/boostorg/url). He brings decades of experience managing live systems and has been studying intensely on the specific needs of C++ developers Spencer Strickland: Our full-time front-end developer who is up-to-date on modern, responsive website development. He is also a programming enthusiast who loves writing JavaScript and Python programs. He is also working on styling the templates for the new documentation toolchain (example: https://www.boost.revsys.dev/doc/user-guide/task-networking.html) Peter Turcan: Our full time technical writer. He's furiously typing away at brand new documentation for Boost users and authors. As documentation complaints are a recurring theme from users, we feel that having at least one dedicated technical writer is probably a good start! You can check out his work here: https://www.boost.revsys.dev/doc/contributor-guide/version-control.html We also keep an ongoing maintenance contract with RevSys (https://www.revsys.com/), a wonderful development company whose founder (Frank Wiles) specializes in Django and is also responsible for contributing a huge percentage of the work that went into the Django project itself. Only the best for Boost! And don't forget you can visit all of us at The C++ Alliance, plus many Boost library authors, maintainers, and users, and many prominent members of the C++ community including some Standardization Committee regulars, by joining the Official C++ Language Slack Workspace at: https://cppalliance.org/slack/ The C++ Alliance sponsors this workspace by offering a complete Paid Plan which allows unlimited full history, uploads, video and audio recordings, and video and audio huddles/group chats for collaboration and more. Visit us today!