Re: [boost] [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?

Subject: Re: [boost] [review queue] What to do about the library review queue?
From: Raffi Enficiaud (raffi.enficiaud_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-14 22:12:55

Le 14/03/2017 à 13:01, Niall Douglas via Boost a écrit :
> Dear Boost,
>
> [snip]
>

This is an interesting topic, thanks for bringing it!

> I therefore ask boost-dev what to do? Some options:
>
> 1. Pay US$1000 (one thousand) dollars to each person who manages a
> review. In case you're worried Boost doesn't have the money, it does in
> spades, that's not a problem. For $23,000 we could clear the current
> review queue assuming none of the problems mentioned yet.

I suggest another way of rewarding people:

- If the review manager is a library maintainer: by the end of the 
review, he/she gets the help of the boost community (including the ppl 
whose code is being reviewed) to get his/her backlog cleared. This 
includes development, patches, backlog cleanup, as well as 
management/coordination of those devs.

- if the review manager is the author of a library under review or 
freshly reviewed for acceptance to boost, but still not part of any 
release: he/she will get the help of the boost community
to make that happen as soon as possible (including open pending issues 
from previous reviews, documentation, integration, migration to 
boost.build, etc etc)

Of course, we can iterate further
- for each good and sound review, you get one ticket of your backlog 
closed by next release

... etc etc ...

I believe this is win/win/win for the health of boost, reviewers and new 
libraries.

Best,
Raffi