On 21 May 2016 at 22:20, M.A. van den Berg wrote:
How can we speed of the review process, make it more efficient? To take an extreme: Apple reviews millions of apps, the reject very quickly and have a likely a semi-automated and rational checklist that developers can self asses their submissions against.
Good idea, but not a new one. I began putting together an initial checklist of potential automatable C++ style and design checkers via a clang AST parser at https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/BestPracticeHandbook. The idea was that people could submit their library, and get it scored and ranked on a dashboard. All automated. Even better, non-Boost library authors could use the same system as tuneups for their own code - a solution truly serving the C++ community at large, not just yet more Boost parochialism. It was not warmly received by the community. I got publicly accused of all sorts of malevolent behaviours, so I abandoned the effort and moved onto more productive uses of my time. Niall -- ned Productions Limited Consulting http://www.nedproductions.biz/ http://ie.linkedin.com/in/nialldouglas/