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<h1>Boost Formal Review Process</h1>
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<p>The Formal Review process determines if a proposed library should be accepted
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as a Boost library.</p>
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<p>The final "accept" or "reject" decision is made by the <a href="#Review Manager">
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Review Manager</a>, based on review comments received from boost mailing list
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members.</p>
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<p>Reviews are scheduled so that:</p>
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<li>Each library gets review time proportional to its size, complexity, and
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importance.</li>
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<li>Only a small number of libraries are under active review at any one time.</li>
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<li>Members know ahead of time when a particular library will be under active
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review. </li>
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<h2>Comments</h2>
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<p> Boost mailing list members are encouraged to submit Formal Review
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comments:</p>
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<li>Publicly on the mailing list.</li>
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<li>Privately to the Review Manager. (See Formal Review Status page )</li>
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<li>Privately to the library submitter.</li>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Private comments to a library submitter may be helpful to her or him, but
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won't help the Review Manager reach a decision, so the other forms are
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preferred.</p>
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<h2>Preparing review comments</h2>
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<p>Comments may be brief or lengthy, but basically the Review Manager needs your
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answers to several questions. If you identify problems along the way,
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please note if they are minor, serious, or showstoppers.</p>
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<li>What is your evaluation of the design?<br>
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</li>
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<li>What is your evaluation of the implementation?<br>
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<li>What is your evaluation of the documentation?<br>
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</li>
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<li>What is your evaluation of the potential usefulness of the library?<br>
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</li>
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<li>Did you try to use the library? With what compiler? Did you
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have any problems?<br>
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</li>
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<li>How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick
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reading? In-depth study?<br>
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</li>
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<li>Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?<br>
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</li>
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<li>Finally, do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost
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library? Be sure to say this explicitly so that your other comments
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don't obscure your overall opinion.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>Results</h2>
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<p>At the conclusion of the comment period, the Review Manager will post a
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message to the mailing list saying if the library has been accepted or
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rejected. A rationale should be provided, but its extent is up to the
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Review Manager.</p>
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<h2>Notes for <a name="Review Manager"> Review Manager</a>s</h2>
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<p>Before a library can be scheduled for formal review, an active boost member not
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connected with the library submission must volunteer to be the "Review
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Manager" for the library.</p>
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<p>The review manager:</p>
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<li>Sets the schedule, after discussion with the boost webmaster, currently
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Beman Dawes. </li>
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<li>Posts a notice of the review schedule.</li>
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<li>Urges people to do reviews if they aren't forthcoming.</li>
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<li>Follows review discussions regarding the library, moderating or answering
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questions as needed.</li>
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<li>Decides if
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there is consensus to accept the library, and if there are any conditions
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attached.</li>
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<li>Posts a message informing members of the review results.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>In other words, it is the Review Manager's responsibility to make sure the
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review process stays on track.</p>
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<h2>Notes for Library Authors</h2>
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<p>A proposed library should remain stable during the review period; it will just
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confuse and irritate reviewers if there are numerous changes. It
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is, however, useful to upload fixes for serious bugs right away, particularly
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those which prevent reviewers from fully evaluating the library. Post a
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notice of such fixes on the mailing list.</p>
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<p>Library improvements suggested by reviewers should be held until after the
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completion of review period. Such changes can then be incorporated in the <a href="submission_process.htm#Final">final
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submission file</a> sent to the webmaster for posting. If the suggested
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changes might affect reviewer's judgments, post a notice of the pending
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change on the mailing list.</p>
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<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->06 February, 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="40406" --></p>
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