Re: [boost] is review system in place is extremely slow? (was Re: [rfc] rcpp)

Subject: Re: [boost] is review system in place is extremely slow? (was Re: [rfc] rcpp)
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-24 06:15:10

vicente.botet wrote:

> Hi,
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mathias Gaunard" <mathias.gaunard_at_[hidden]>
> To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [boost] [rfc] rcpp
> 
> 
>> 
>> Ivan Sorokin wrote:
>  
>>> 3 When will Boost.Move become a part of boost?
>> 
>> When it gets reviewed.
>> It could be said, however, that the review system in place is extremely
>> slow and that it's going to take years (literally).
> 
> 
> Why do you think the review system in place is extremely slow?
> 
> Currently there are a lot of libraries to review, but no review managers. That means that the user
> community don't want to spend a little bit of their time to manage a review.
> 
> In addition, the last review didn't had too much of reviewers (I'm also concerned by this point)
>  
> I'm the review manager of Boost.Task but the library is not ready for review, because now
> Boost.Task depends on Boost.Move, Boost.Fiber and Boost.Atomic (which is not yet on the review
> queue). Maybe the review withards could add this on the schedule page.

It's perfectly OK to move those 3 libraries to the 'detail' namespace of Boost.Task and
have review as it is, as opposed to waiting. What do you think?

- Volodya