On 9/5/04 7:42 PM, "Jeff Garland" <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote:
On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 15:24:34 -0400, Daryle Walker wrote
On 8/30/04 5:44 PM, "Miro Jurisic" <macdev@meeroh.org> wrote:
How hard would it be to have the review schedule include a link to the library download? I am trying to accommodate the following workflow (which I find convenient):
1. Lurk on the list 2. Notice people reviewing something I am interested in 3. Go to a web page and click to download it for review
Usually if I have to grovel through the mail archives for the library snapshot I end up saying "too busy now" until it's too late :-/
The announce mailing list we use to notify about new releases is also supposed to be for notifications for reviews _and_ their results! The past two reviews haven't been put through the announcement list. The whole purpose of that is so lurkers (like Miro) don't have to risk missing critical steps in the Boost process.
Ok, I admit I forgot with this review to announce on that list. But I'm pretty sure when I managed the serialization review and tried to post it failed -- so no guarantees it will work. Are people really following that list?
I have that list watched. An announce list is supposed to have very-low traffic. It only has notices about the beginning and/or ending of the big-picture cycles. All the stuff in-between goes on in the corresponding developer list. People who only need to know the big-picture items can subscribe only to an announcement list instead of sifting through for < 1% of the messages in a developer list. (For our reviews, an announce-list posting would signal lurkers to start subscribing to the developer list.) I don't know who has authority to post to the announce list. We would have to query one of the admins here. (Answers?) Since announcements are very rare, in the worst case a review manager could ask an admin to relay the initial and final posts. -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com