RE: [boost] Formal Review for Interval Library beginning

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-09-01 10:50:28

At 03:48 PM 8/31/2002, Jeff Garland wrote:
 >
 >
 >> Since there is this tag, do you think it is OK to continue to make
 >> modifications on HEAD ?
 >
 >Changes during the review should be avoided -- here is an excerpt from 
the
 >review process:
 >
 >A proposed library should remain stable during the review period; it will 

 >just confuse and irritate reviewers if there are
 >numerous changes.  It is, however, useful to upload fixes for serious 
bugs
 >right away, particularly those which prevent reviewers
 >from fully evaluating the library.  Post a notice of such fixes on the
 >mailing list.

Seems like we need to distinguish between helpful changes and confusing 
changes.

Correcting small errors in documentation or implementation is likely to be 
helpful (but a notice should still be posted.)

But changes to interfaces, adding or removing features, and larger changes 
of almost any kind are really confusing to reviewers and should be avoided.

--Beman