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    <h1>Boost Mailing Lists and other resources</h1>

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    <h2><a name="main">Boost</a> developers mailing list (also available via
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    <h3><a name="archive">Archives</a> for Boost developers list</h3>

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    href="../index.htm">our home page</a>. 

    <h2>Boost <a name="announce">Announce</a> mailing list</h2>

    <p>This is an announce-only list for notification of upcoming software
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    <h2><a name="projects">Project-Specific lists</a></h2>
    Several mailing lists have been established for specific Boost projects: 

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        <h3><a name="jamboost">Boost.Build</a> (jamboost) list</h3>
        The Yahoogroups mailing list for the <a href="../tools/build">Boost
        Build System</a> is located <a href=
        "http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jamboost/">here</a>. GMane provides <a
        href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.build">NNTP
        access</a> and <a href=
        "http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.comp.lib.boost.build">Searchable
        Archives</a> as well. Please see <a href="#gmane_post">this note</a>
        before posting to the newsgroup. 

        <h3><a name="cplussig">Python C++-Sig</a> (for Boost.Python)</h3>
        The <a href="http://www.python.org/sigs/c++-sig/">Python C++-sig</a>
        is not strictly Boost-specific, but nearly all the traffic concerns
        <a href="../libs/python">Boost.Python</a>. See also the <a href=
        "#langbinding">Language Binding</a> list below. GMane provides <a
        href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.c%2b%2b">NNTP
        access</a> and <a href=
        "http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.comp.python.c%2b%2b">Searchable
        Archives</a> as well. Please see <a href="#gmane_post">this note</a>
        before posting to the newsgroup. There are also searchable archives
        at <a href=
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        <h3><a name="langbinding">Language Binding</a></h3>
        The <a href=
        "http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-langbinding">Language
        Binding</a> list is for discussion of a generalized framework for
        binding C++ to other languages and systems based on the technology of
        <a href="../libs/python">Boost.Python</a> and <a href=
        "http://luabind.sourceforge.net/">Luabind</a>. The plan is to provide
        a single front-end for describing bindings with runtime-pluggable
        back ends for binding to specific languages. It is <b>highly
        recommended</b> that new subscribers read through the <a href=
        "http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.comp.lib.boost.langbinding">
        message history</a> <b>from the beginning</b> before posting; it will
        save time as much design progress has already been made. GMane
        provides <a href=
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        access</a> and <a href=
        "http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.comp.lib.boost.langbinding">
        Searchable Archives</a> as well. Please see <a href=
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        <h3><a name="spirit">Boost.Spirit</a> lists</h3>
        Spirit has two additional mailing lists. <a href=
        "https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spirit-general">Spirit-general</a>
        for Spirit users and <a href=
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        for Spirit developers (open to anyone who wishes to hang out with
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        NNTP access (<a href=
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        with searchable archives ( <a href=
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        Spirit-general</a> and <a href=
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        Spirit-devel</a>). 

        <h3><a name="boostdocs">Boost.Documentation</a> list</h3>
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        <h3><a name="ublas">uBLAS development</a> (ublas-dev) list</h3>
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        href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ublas-dev/">here</a>.

        <h3><a name="testing">Testing</a> list</h3>
        
        <p>The setup, procedures and tools necessary for running Boost
        regression tests are discussed on <a
        href="http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-testing">this
        list</a>.  The list main participants are regression runners -
        people who run Boost tests on a variety of compilers and
        platforms, and the maintainers of tools for collecting and
        processing test results.</p>

        <p><b>Important:</b> questions relevant to a wider audience,
        including questions about Boost.Test framework or test results
        for a particular library, should be posted to main development
        list.</p>

        <a
        href="news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.documentation">NNTP
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    <h2>Boost <a name="sandbox">Sandbox</a> CVS</h2>

    <p>In addition to the main <a href="getting_started.html#CVS">Boost CVS
    repository</a>, a separate Sandbox CVS is available for Boost developers
    wishing to collaborate on projects prior to formal acceptance of a new
    library.&nbsp; Read-only access is available <a href=
    "http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/boost-sandbox/boost-sandbox/">
    via the web</a>, or via CVS client at:</p>

    <blockquote>
      <p>
      &nbsp;<code>:pserver:anonymous@cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/boost-sandbox</code></p>
    </blockquote>

    <p><b>For write access</b> to the sandbox, contact the project admins
    listed on its <a
    href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost-sandbox/">Sourceforge
    Project Page</a>.</p>

    <hr>
    <p>Revised 
    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->14
    September, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39365" -->
    </p>

    <p>&copy; Copyright Beman Dawes and David Abrahams 2001-2004</p>

    <p>Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software
    License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href=
    "../LICENSE_1_0.txt">LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href=
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