At Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:10:22 +0100, Roland Bock wrote:
Hmm. At this point, what sounded cool earlier, now becomes a bit frightening. Where do you intend the decentralization to stop?
Wherever we decide.
If we are going to follow that path, the next logical step would be that each project could have its own mailing list (which some of them have anyway).
That's a possibility. Or not. Or we could go with the status quo (some libraries have their own lists).
I must admit, I wouldn't be much of a fan of that. I am on far too many mailing lists already. And the central mailing list is nice because so many stimulating ideas are passing through. Also, sometimes I wonder: is there a boost library that could help me with problem XY? I send a question to the central list and usually get an answer, soon. Without a central list, where would I send such a question?
Will anything remain centralized? For instance review management?
As far as I can tell, Boost would at *least* have to continue to act as a certifying authority for libraries, so reviews would have to be handled here. -- Dave Abrahams Meet me at BoostCon: http://www.boostcon.com BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com