-----Original Message----- From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of John Phillips Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 9:17 AM To: boost@lists.boost.org Subject: [boost] Languishing review requests
Has anyone (other than Tom and Ron) looked at the review queue lately?
There are some nice looking library ideas sitting there that can't be reviewed because no one has volunteered to manage the reviews. It has become a problem we shouldn't ignore.
The lifeblood of boost is the time donated by the authors of new libraries. However, for some of these authors, nothing has been done with their submissions for months as they wait for someone to volunteer to run the review. This has to be addressed.
As a first time developer for the Boost community (I am working on the GSoC project "Visualization of STL Containers", it is disconcerting that the submission that I'm going to spend my entire summer working on may never get a chance to make it into Boost! And apparently this is not a concern that is unique to me: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/155019/match=summer+code Though there was some discussion on fixing this problem: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/155176/match=soc I haven't heard anything about the eventual fate of my project. When I get some more experience I wouldn't mind taking on a review now or then, but there's apparently no guarantee I'll ever get the experience. I am happy so far with the Boost community.. all of the people that I've dealt with so far are very kind and helpful, and I've had a lot of fun doing the work, which is not something many people can say nowadays. However, I'm worried that the work that me or the rest of my GSoCers do won't ever come to light. It looks to me like the "trainee review managers" idea is similar to the current practice, as per the following page: http://boost.org/more/formal_review_process.htm#Review_Manager It looks like the bar for being a review manager is fairly low so long as you are knowledgeable in the field. All of the steps in the duties of the review manager seem simple and straightforward (just time consuming!). The "Review Wizards" appear like they are in place to help out the managers with questions about process, etc. Jake