[boost] Re: [admin] Overlapping reviews -- should this be allowed?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-09 08:22:49

tom brinkman <reportbase_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> tom brinkman <reportbase_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> 
>>> With 10-15 days allocated per review and a 5-10 day buffer, we will be
>>> able to review at-most 1 to 2 reviews per month or 12 to 24 libraries per
>>> year.
>> 
>> I'm not sure we can handle faster growth than that.  Should we be able
>> to?
>
> If we added 12 significant libraries in a given year, I'm sure most would
> consider that it had been a successful year.
>
>> 
>> I wonder if enough libraries are going through the preliminary
>> submission/refinement phase outlined at
>> http://www.boost.org/more/submission_process.htm#Preliminary
>> 
>
> Many are not.

That's a problem.  I remember the last time I tried to submit a
library for formal review without doing that.  Beman said, "aren't you
forgetting something?"  Checking that out should be a responsibility
of the Review Wizard.

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