From c17bdbd8dbe9d6f3850664230891220e2ff644f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 02:43:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add note about tagged subject lines.

[SVN r29260]
---
 discussion_policy.htm | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discussion_policy.htm b/discussion_policy.htm
index befe0b1..e220eef 100644
--- a/discussion_policy.htm
+++ b/discussion_policy.htm
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ and dies.</p>
 <dl>
   <dt><a href="#acceptable">Acceptable Topics</a><dd>
       <dt><a href="#unacceptable">Unacceptable Topics</a><dd>
-          <dt><a href="#quoting">Effective Posting</a><dd>
+          <dt><a href="#effective">Effective Posting</a><dd>
               <dt><a href="#behavior">Prohibited Behavior</a><dd>
                   <dt><a href="#culture">Culture</a><dd>
                   <dt><a href="#lib_names">Library Names</a><dd>
@@ -59,9 +59,22 @@ will let you know.</p>
     newsgroup instead.</li>
   <li>Job offers.</li>
   <li>Requests for solutions to homework assignments.</ul>
-<h2><a name="quoting"></a>Effective Posting</h2>
+<h2><a name="effective"></a>Effective Posting</h2>
 
-<p>Please <b>prune extraneous quoted text</b> from replies so that
+<p>When your post is related to a particular Boost library, it's
+helpful to put the library name in square brackets at the beginning of
+the subject line, e.g.
+
+<blockquote>
+  Subject: [Regex] Why doesn't this pattern match?
+</blockquote>
+
+The Boost developers' list is a high-volume mailing list, and most
+maintainers don't have time to read every message.  A tag on the
+subject line will help ensure the right people see your post.
+
+<p><a name="quoting"></a>
+Please <b>prune extraneous quoted text</b> from replies so that
 only the relevant parts are included. Some people have to pay for, or
 wait for, each byte that they download from the list.  More
 importantly, it will save time and make your post more valuable when
@@ -233,7 +246,7 @@ documentation, directory structure, or even identifiers in the
 code of potential Boost libraries.
 
 <hr>
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->24 March, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38549" endspan -->
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->28 May, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38549" endspan -->
 </p>
 <p>© Beman Dawes, Rob Stewart, and David Abrahams 2000-2005</p>
 <p> Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.