23 Sep
2020
23 Sep
'20
4:50 p.m.
Niall Douglas wrote:
For the record, I've had offlist email discussions about proposed Boost.JSON with a number of people where the general feeling was that there was no point in submitting a review, as negative review feedback would be ignored, possibly with personal retribution thereafter, [...]
FWIW, the Boost review process allows reviews to be submitted directly to the review manager, in private, without being posted on the list. That's mostly a mechanism to avoid the exact same scenario as described above. I don't think we've ever needed it ("so far"), but it exists and can be taken advantage of, by those who are so inclined.