Re: Review Manager Volunteers

From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2025-04-18 01:07:58

On 18 Apr 2025 01:01, René Ferdinand Rivera Morell wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM Andrey Semashev via Boost
> <boost_at_[hidden] <mailto:boost_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
> 
>     On 17 Apr 2025 20:40, Matt Borland via Boost wrote:
>     >
>     > I would like to ask what are the showstoppers that keep you from
>     wanting to be a review manager? Time, Training, Recognition, none of
>     the above?
> 
>     I think the requirement to be an expert or at least very knowledgeable
>     in the problem domain is a big part of why. Personally, I do not see
>     myself qualified to judge on the qualities of the recently proposed
>     libraries.
> 
> 
> I agree, and.. I've wondered about that requirement. Is it really
> needed? If an established Boost developer has a good amount of
> professional experience they are likely to be able to tackle most
> programming domains at the level needed for managing a review. Should we
> reconsider that requirement? For example I would consider myself to know
> enough to manage the Bloom review. But...

Given that the review manager is the one solely responsible for deciding
whether a library deserves acceptance, it would be strange not to
require a certain, fairly high level of expertise.