Re: [boost] Boost Incubator Status Report

Subject: Re: [boost] Boost Incubator Status Report
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-11-07 10:18:55

On 11/07/2014 11:36 AM, Gordon Woodhull wrote:
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>> On Nov 7, 2014, at 12:04 AM, Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>>> On 11/07/2014 04:06 AM, Richard wrote:
>>> [Please do not mail me a copy of your followup]
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>>> Vladimir Prus <vladimir_at_[hidden]> spake the secret code
>>> <m3fe5s$vun$1_at_[hidden]> thusly:
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>>>> Say, if I can made per-line comments on proposed library code, like
>>>> gerrit does, it would be rather useful.
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>>> You can do this on github already.
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>>> You can make comments on any line of any commit.
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>> Presumably that's why I've said, earlier:
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>>     In fact, maybe the best way to run a formal review (or informal review, whatever) is to post a link to github
>>     repository, where comments on the code can be made already, and issues created?
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> Comments and issues are important ways of providing feedback which haven't directly been part of Boost reviews before, but I don't think they replace the broader discussions which happen in traditional reviews.

They don't; it's just we see that formal reviews are not as well-attended as before, and one way to improve
might be to make participation easier.

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Vladimir Prus
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