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: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-03-14 22:41:06

AMDG

On 03/14/2017 04:26 PM, Glen Fernandes via Boost wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 6:12 PM, Raffi Enficiaud wrote:
>> 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
>>
> 
> These actually sound like excellent ideas to me.
> 

  Yes, it sounds great to me too, but...
who is volunteering to do this work?
"The boost community will do it" is much
to nebulous for a practical proposal.

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe