[boost] Re: Review Wizard Status Report

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-30 18:23:02

Thomas Wenisch <twenisch_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, tom brinkman wrote:
>
>> If there are no objections, starting with the "More IO" library, I will
>> attach an ID number to each reviewed library.  Please reference this ID
>> number in any postings to the group. This will help in organizing the
>> reviews and assist in searching for related postings.
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>
>> The following libraries still require review manager volunteers:
>> 10006 - Named Parms
>> 10007 - Policy Pointer
>> 10008 - Wave
>> 10009 - Finite State Machine (FSM)
>> 10010 - Fixed Strings
>>
>
> It may not be worth renumbering things at this point, but I would suggest
> that you prefix library IDs with the current year rather than an arbitrary
> large number.  In otherwords More IO would be 2004-01.

What is the point of these IDs?  It seems like it adds busywork for
reviewers and no especially useful information.  Now we're talking
about making them more complicated...

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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