Re: [boost] [Boost-users] tweaking the review process

Subject: Re: [boost] [Boost-users] tweaking the review process
From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-15 19:44:16

on Fri Nov 21 2008, "Stjepan Rajko" <stjepan.rajko-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM, vicente.botet
> <vicente.botet_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>>
>> I would like to make some suggestion to improve the review management:
>>
>
> Thank you for starting this discussion.
>
>> * I had notice only at the end of the the review that the review tokes place on two
> mailing lists (devel ans user). Maybe this is usaual on Boost reviews but I was not
> aware. It will be more transaparent if all the reviews were posted to the same mailing
> list, maybe a specific one should be created.
>
> Yes, this is a bit of an issue.  I mentioned that both lists are used
> in my post that opened the review (in my notes to first-time
> reviewers) to try to give people a heads-up (but... I often get
> long-winded and I'm sure it's easy to miss parts of my posts :-)).
>
> Having a dedicated, or at least recommended mailing list (either dev
> or user) might be a good thing.

It has always been the -devel list, at least up until recently.  How
reviews began being posted to -users, I do not know.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
BoostPro Computing
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