Re: [boost] (Important) Boost Foundation meeting this Wednesday

On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 8:11 PM Robert Ramey via Boost wrote:

On 3/11/24 1:22 PM, Louis Tatta via Boost wrote:

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 12:23 PM David Sankel wrote:

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Our monthly Boost Foundation meeting is this Wednesday at 3pm Eastern (12pm Pacific).

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Second, as the agenda for the Boost Foundation board meeting occurring on March 13th includes a discussion of the new website,

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Louis Tatta CEO, The C++ Alliance, Inc.

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Is there any reason that the new web site could not be subjected to a process similar to the formal process for new libraries? This would help build a consensus around functionality, design, etc. I just don't see any other way to be sure that all considerations are accounted for.

Having the unique experience of designing and implementing the past two Boost web sites. Designing and implementing a website doesn't lend itself to the same kind of cut and dry accept/reject process that is the formal review process. Mainly because most of the aspects are not technical but subjective. Hence I don't believe such a process would accomplish anything other than some people like the site while others do not. Having said that though.. I think the new site design has undergone a looser version of a formal review process where the question is not "should this be accepted?" but instead "what needs to change so that it's usable?". The goal is different. But the process isn't that different. And more importantly, the process does not end for the site. How to make the site usable will continue to be asked, investigated, and changes implemented. -- -- René Ferdinand Rivera Morell -- Don't Assume Anything -- No Supone Nada -- Robot Dreams - http://robot-dreams.net