tweaking the review process (was: signals2 review results)

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:40 PM, vicente.botet
<vicente.botet <at> wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>
> I would like to make some suggestion to improve the review management:
>

Thank you for starting this discussion.

> * I had notice only at the end of the the review that the review tokes place on two mailing lists (devel ans
user). Maybe this is usaual on Boost reviews but I was not aware. It will be more transaparent if all the
reviews were posted to the same mailing list, maybe a specific one should be created.

Yes, this is a bit of an issue.  I mentioned that both lists are used
in my post that opened the review (in my notes to first-time
reviewers) to try to give people a heads-up (but... I often get
long-winded and I'm sure it's easy to miss parts of my posts ).

Having a dedicated, or at least recommended mailing list (either dev
or user) might be a good thing.  The only problem I see regarding a
completely separate mailing list is that it requires active effort to
sign-up for and follow.  I think that for many people (even those that
are genuinely interested in the library), the fact that the review is
happening at time X-Y very easily slips off the radar.  Having the
e-mails constantly appear in the common lists also serves to remind
everyone of the ongoing review, and I suspect it leads to many
valuable impromptu comments and even full reviews from people that
perhaps weren't originally planning on participating in the review,
but end up following the review because it happens on the list (I
recall being in this situation myself several times).