[boost] Re: Review Wizard Status Report

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-31 13:11:42

tom brinkman <reportbase_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> 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...
>> 
>
> Three Reasons:
>
> 1) As Review Wizard, I feel that assigning  a unique identification number
> to each reviewed library will help me stay organized.  

That's good enough for me.

> 2) Helps in searching for related posts.

That's even better.

> 3) As library authors are regularly changing the names of their
> libraries,

?? really ??

I guess I'll take your word for it.

> this will help manage the historical record of the review process.

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
http://www.boost-consulting.com