diff --git a/faq.htm b/faq.htm index 0893fbf..b059f26 100644 --- a/faq.htm +++ b/faq.htm @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@   See Download instructions.

What support is available for the libraries?  Try the boost@egroups.com mailing list.

+href="mailto:boost@yahoogroups.com">boost@yahoogroups.com mailing list.

What do the Boost version numbers mean?  The scheme is x.y.z, where x is incremented only for massive changes, such as a reorganization of many libraries, y is incremented whenever a new library is added, and z is incremented for maintenance releases. y and z are reset to 0 if the value to the left changes. 
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ constructed library with hidden defects is likely to slip through. Encouraging o users to report their experience with a library is intended to address such concerns.

How does someone submit a comment?  Send email to boost@egroups.com.

+href="mailto:boost@yahoogroups.com">boost@yahoogroups.com.

How does someone submit a library? See Library Guidelines

@@ -117,10 +117,10 @@ projects and the occasional look into other threads by otherwise uninterested pa "noise".

How can I cope with the large volume of boost mailing list messages?  -One approach is to use the eGroups digest option; that cuts the email blizzard +One approach is to use the YahooGroups digest option; that cuts the email blizzard down to about three (long) messages per day, so you can glance over the subjects summary at the top and quickly read what you think is important. The -eGroups "no mail/web only" option is best if you just occasionally +YahooGroups "no mail/web only" option is best if you just occasionally want to look at messages.

Yet another approach is to use your email program's capabilities to filter messages and automatically @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ encouraged to include keywords in the subject like "thread",

-

Revised 18 March, 2001 +

Revised 24 April, 2001

diff --git a/feature_model_diagrams.htm b/feature_model_diagrams.htm index ef3afd6..b865d08 100644 --- a/feature_model_diagrams.htm +++ b/feature_model_diagrams.htm @@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ assuming no constraints.

Krzysztof Czarnecki and Ulrich W. Eisenecker, Generative Programming, Addison-Wesley, 2000, ISBN 0-210-30977-7

-

Revised 28 September 2000

+

Revised 10 February 2001

© Copyright Beman Dawes, 2000

diff --git a/submission_process.htm b/submission_process.htm index 55ae386..658792d 100644 --- a/submission_process.htm +++ b/submission_process.htm @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ page for issues of content.

Learn about Boost

Subscribe to the mailing list for a -while, or look through the archives.  +while, or look through the archives.  Click around the web site.  Understand the Requirements.  Read the rest of this page to learn about the process.  Otherwise, you will just end up wasting everyone's time.

@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ which solves Traveling Salesperson problems in linear time?"

should be plain text; not rich text, HTML, etc.

Please don't post lengthy descriptions, documentation, or code to the mailing list, and no attachments, even small ones.  Please post lengthy material in -the eGroups boost Files section +the YahooGroups boost Files section (formerly called the " vault"). 

Preliminary submission

If response to an initial query indicates interest, then post the preliminary -submission files in the files section of -the Boost eGroups web site if you haven't already done so.

+submission files in the files section of +the Boost YahooGroups web site if you haven't already done so.

Refinement

Discuss, refine, resubmit.  Repeat until satisfied.

The exact details of this process varies a lot.  Sometimes it is public, @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ on the mailing list, sometimes a lot of discussion happens in private emails.  For some libraries the process is over quickly, for others it goes on for months.  It's often challenging, and sometimes leads off in completely unexpected directions.  

-

The archive of past +

The archive of past messages is one way to see how this process worked for other boost libraries.

Submission for review 

@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ commercial compressor-archiver utilities also support this format.

The submission file should contain material as if on the boost.org web site.  The closer the submission file mirrors the final directory structure and format of the web site, the better. -

Like a preliminary submission, post the final submission .zip file in the files section of -the Boost eGroups web site +

Like a preliminary submission, post the final submission .zip file in the files section of +the Boost YahooGroups web site

Formal Review

Before asking for formal review, your submission should be posted in the Boost files/vault. Please verify that your submission compiles diff --git a/test_policy.htm b/test_policy.htm index 42c23e6..e39b4aa 100644 --- a/test_policy.htm +++ b/test_policy.htm @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ generation of HTML compiler status tables, was developed by Beman Dawes in June,

Acknowledgements

Written by Beman Dawes. Jens Maurer, Paul Moore, Gary Powell and Jeremy Siek contributed helpful suggestions.

-

Revised 05 February, 2001 +

Revised 10 February, 2001