Re: Build Boost Back Better

From: Michael Caisse (mcaisse-lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2022-04-19 18:18:14

On 4/19/22 01:26, Marcelo Zimbres Silva via Boost wrote:

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> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think there still some points worth being discussed in this thread
> 

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> 2. Make the review more transparent. If I understand correctly, almost
> anyone can be a review manager (criteria unclear) and that the
> acceptance is not decided counting yes and no votes. What happens
> however when the Review manager is not knowledgeable about the
> subject?  How should he decide whether to accept or not? Authors want
> a fair treatment of their review.
> 

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> 
> Marcelo
> 

Boost Review Managers are vetted by the Review Wizards 
<https://www.boost.org/community/reviews.html#Wizard>. Part of the 
criteria is summed up as: "Approve the review manager based on initial 
acceptance by the library submitter, their participation in the Boost 
community, including the mailing list, previous reviews, and other 
forums." The goal is that the Review Manager is knowledgeable in the 
subject. There have been a few exceptions to that. If appropriate 
community participation occurs with experts, the process can still work 
fine.

The Review Manager's duties are described here: 
<https://www.boost.org/community/reviews.html#Review_Manager>.

The job of the Review Manager is explicitly not to tally up votes. They 
are to weigh the input from reviews and make an informed choice about 
the readiness of a library to enter Boost. Not all reviews are equal. 
Some reviews are very detailed and provide a great deal of background 
and reasoning. Other reviews are brief and look only at documentation or 
perhaps attempt to compile and run examples. All reviews provide 
important feedback but the feedback is used appropriately by the Review 
Manager.

Boost reviews are somewhat grueling because of the intensity and level 
of expectation. Very often the Review Manager and Author will come to 
agreement for a negative outcome. The job of Review Manager is tough and 
requires some amount of finesse. Are you aware of a review in which 
author was unfairly treated?

michael

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Michael Caisse