How To Navigate Boost

Question

I was reading over Boost ConceptCheck today, and encountered this warning in the implementation page:

This documentation is out-of-date; similar but newer implementation techniques are now used. This documentation also refers to components and protocols in the library's old interace such as BOOST_CLASS_REQUIRES and constraints() functions, which are still supported but deprecated.

Oddly, there is no link to these 'new implementation techniques' on this page. So I tried Googling, without much success. The link to community presents a plethora of options, from mailing lists to discussion groups and others I didn't recognize.

So, heavy users of Boost, what is the right way to get answers to questions such as "when is the Boost ConceptCheck Implementation page expected to be updated?". Where would I find schedules for such changes?

Answer 1

Chances are pretty good that there is no schedule. Although much better documented than most volunteer efforts, Boost runs into the same problem as a lot of other projects: most coders would much rather write code than documentation. Obsolete documentation is one of the biggest problems with many open source projects.

Answer 2

I've found that asking on boost mailing lists is the fastest way to get answers. These are kind of high-volume but people do post their to-do lists and stuff, so by just "listening" you'd get a better idea about the state of a certain Boost library.