On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 2:29 PM Vinnie Falco via Boost
On Wed, Oct 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM Peter Dimov via Boost < boost@lists.boost.org> wrote:
I agree with Andrey. Design discussions about a library currently under review are supposed to take place on the mailing list. This serves two purposes, it helps reviewers who for any reason are struggling to reach a final accept/reject verdict, and it can encourage people to review the library by piquing their interest.
In hindsight I wish the discussions had taken place on the mailing list. Yet there was far less friction on Slack and ultimately I chose the path of least resistance, as the immediacy of replies in the moment led to a more engaging conversation. Perhaps we might explore how these two separate platforms can be combined to create something greater than each individual part? Peter how do we fix this?
I think this was the first review with discussions like this on slack. The reason most likely was that we already had an active boost-mqtt group on there. Additionally a lot of pre-review discussion happened there. The impression that Ivica was not responsive is partly caused by this. I didn't take the slack discussion into account, nor participate because we didn't have a preset policy for this. Here's what I would make policy, if the author wants to be active on slack: 1. A review announcement includes a slack channel designated for discussion related to the review 2. Require reviews to be on the mailing list (or by mail to the RM). 3. At the closing of the review period the RM sends the transcript to the ML. 4. The RM is allowed to post parts of the transcript earlier (e.g. a daily update) depending on the activity on slack. By closing the whole discussion must be on the ML. This would make Slack an option but keep a complete & public record on the ML. Maybe the new website has a way to make this a bit easier than copy-pasting from slack.
Thanks
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