On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 16:11:43 -0500, James Fowler wrote > David Abrahams wrote: > > Part of the issue is that while mailing lists aren't the ideal place > to store this kind of information, they appear to be the best we > have for now. Eventually we should be putting all this into a > common "knowledge base", but we don't have one of those yet...(or > have I missed something?) so I've been occasionally using the > mailing lists to store various tidbits until we do. Does this make sense? > > I'd welcome any suggestions on a better way to address this. The > mailing lists contain a wealth of useful information, but it isn't > always easy to get what you need out of the archives. Are there any > existing stylistic idioms which could clearly identify this type of > post? I'd certainly be interested in any projects geared towards > collecting and indexing this kind of information (something a little > more structured than Wiki).
Well, I'd say the Wiki is a good way to capture these notes and structure them. Of course, it's really up to people such as yourself to make something of the Wiki. I'll note, that there are many Wiki pages that start the capture of various aspects of a library or documentation that eventually gets folded into some part of Boost. Pointers to mailing thread articles are something you'll see on many Wiki pages. The other key thing about the Wiki is that it is instantly searchable. So if you are looking for an answer about bjam you can find it quite easily: http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/cgi-bin/boost_wiki/wiki.pl?search=bjam Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: 2005 Windows Mobile Application Contest Submit applications for Windows Mobile(tm)-based Pocket PCs or Smartphones for the chance to win $25,000 and application distribution. Enter today at http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6882&alloc_id=15148&op=click _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
