Re: [boost] Review Wizard Report for November 2008

Subject: Re: [boost] Review Wizard Report for November 2008
From: John Phillips (phillips_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-26 17:07:04

vicente.botet wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Phillips" <phillips_at_[hidden]>
>>   In many cases, those old files are not maintained or are even removed 
>> after the review is done. If it becomes part of Boost, it will be in the 
>> trunk. If it does not, then it is entirely up to the author to decide 
>> whether they even want it to be accessible anymore. It is entirely 
>> reasonable to have the old information disappear when the review is 
>> done, and I think it is a good choice.
> 
> Do you find reasonable that this information is no more available to the Boost community?
> What about replacing the review dates by the accepted date?

   The only things that are no longer available are libraries that did 
not pass review and the author decided to remove, and libraries that did 
pass review where the author decided to remove out of date versions. 
Even in those cases, there may or may not have ever been a copy on boost 
servers.

   Once something has been released by boost, it is available even after 
changes have been made. So, yes I am fine with authors deciding what to 
do with their own pre-boost release libraries.

   If people really want the accepted date, I would need a clear 
definition of what that means. Is it the last day of the review, the day 
the manager tells us that it was accepted, the day it was first added to 
trunk, the date of first boost release, or some other date? What 
information is contained in that date that is more useful than the 
review dates? So far, I think it has been done this way because no one 
has seen value in changing the date later (The current method predates 
my time as a wizard, and even my time involved with boost, so I don't 
know the reasoning.).

> 
>>>  
>>>> If you're a library author and plan on submitting a library for review
>>>> in the next 3-6 months, send Ron or John a short description of your
>>>> library and we'll add it to the Libraries Under Construction below. We
>>>> know that there are many libraries that are near completion, but we
>>>> have hard time keeping track all of them. Please keep us informed
>>>> about your progress.
>>> Maybe the wiki could be more adequated. It could also contain ongoing libraries or libraries that are no moree maintained, but that can help the Boost community.
>>   The explicit notification gives Ron and I something hard to miss when 
>> we are trying to keep the schedule up to date and trying to keep people 
>> informed. I would appreciate continuing this, even if people also put 
>> useful information on the wiki.
> 
> Where do you plan to put this information? On the Schedule page, another Page or/and the Review Wizard Report?

   I would like to know it so I can keep track of the reviews and 
libraries we need to coordinate in the forseeable future. It also gets 
authors thinking about whether they are ready to submit and how close to 
submission they are. This information usually also shows up on the 
developer list, but if people send it directly to Ron and I, we again 
are less likely to miss something important.

> 
> Thanks,
> Vicente
> 

   I should warn you that showing an interest in improving the review 
process was how I wound up as a review wizard. If you aren't careful you 
too could get drafted for more involvement.  ;->

                        John