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formal_review_process.htm

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 <h1>Boost Formal Review Process</h1>
-<p>The Formal Review process determines if a proposed library should be accepted
-as a Boost library.</p>
+<p><a href="#Introduction">Introduction</a><br>
+<a href="#Comments">What to include in Review Comments</a><br>
+<a href="#Results">Results</a><br>
+<a href="#Review Manager">Notes for Review Managers</a><br>
+<a href="#Submitters">Notes for Library Submitters</a><br>
+<a href="#Wizard">Review Wizard</a></p>
+<h2><a name="Introduction">Introduction</a></h2>
+<p>Proposed libraries are accepted into Boost only after undergoing a formal 
+review, where Boost mailing list members comment on their evaluation of the 
+library.</p>
 <p>The final &quot;accept&quot; or &quot;reject&quot; decision is made by the <a href="#Review Manager">
-Review Manager</a>, based on review comments received from boost mailing list
+Review Manager</a>, based on the review comments received from boost mailing list
 members.</p>
-<p>Reviews are scheduled so that:</p>
-<ul>
-  <li>Each library gets review time proportional to its size, complexity, and
-    importance.</li>
-  <li>Only a small number of libraries are under active review at any one time.</li>
-  <li>Members know ahead of time when a particular library will be under active
-    review.&nbsp;</li>
-</ul>
-<h2>Comments</h2>
 <p> Boost mailing list members are encouraged to submit Formal Review
 comments:</p>
 <blockquote>
   <ul>
     <li>Publicly on the mailing list.</li>
     <li>Privately to the Review Manager.</li>
-    <li>Privately to the library submitter.</li>
   </ul>
 </blockquote>
 <p>Private comments to a library submitter may be helpful to her or him, but
 won't help the Review Manager reach a decision, so the other forms are
 preferred.</p>
-<h2>Preparing review comments</h2>
-<p>Comments may be brief or lengthy, but basically the Review Manager needs your
-answers to several questions.&nbsp; If you identify problems along the way,
+<h2>What to include in Review <a name="Comments">Comments</a></h2>
+<p>Your comments may be brief or lengthy, but basically the Review Manager needs your
+evaluation of the library.&nbsp; If you identify problems along the way,
 please note if they are minor, serious, or showstoppers.</p>
+<p>Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>What is your evaluation of the design?<br>
   </li>
@@ -65,30 +64,34 @@ please note if they are minor, serious, or showstoppers.</p>
   <li>How much effort did you put into your evaluation? A glance? A quick
     reading? In-depth study?<br>
   </li>
-  <li>Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?<br>
-  </li>
-  <li>Finally, do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost
+  <li>Are you knowledgeable about the problem domain?</li>
+</ul>
+<p>And finally, every review should answer this question:<br>
+  </p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Do you think the library should be accepted as a Boost
     library?&nbsp; Be sure to say this explicitly so that your other comments
     don't obscure your overall opinion.</li>
 </ul>
-<h2>Results</h2>
+<h2><a name="Results">Results</a></h2>
 <p>At the conclusion of the comment period, the Review Manager will post a
 message to the mailing list saying if the library has been accepted or
-rejected.&nbsp; A rationale should be provided, but its extent is up to the
-Review Manager.</p>
+rejected.&nbsp; A rationale is also helpful, but its extent is up to the
+Review Manager. If there are suggestions, or conditions that must be met before 
+final inclusion, they should be stated.</p>
 <h2>Notes for <a name="Review Manager"> Review Manager</a>s</h2>
 <p>Before a library can be scheduled for formal review, an active boost member not
 connected with the library submission must volunteer to be the &quot;Review
 Manager&quot; for the library.</p>
-<p>The review manager:</p>
+<p>The Review Manager:</p>
 <ul>
   <li>Checks the submission to make sure it really is complete enough to warrant
     formal review.&nbsp; See the <a href="lib_guide.htm">Boost Library
     Requirements and Guidelines</a>.&nbsp; If necessary, work with the submitter
     to verify the code compiles and runs correctly on several compilers and
     platforms.</li>
-  <li>Sets the schedule, after discussion with the boost webmaster, currently
-    Beman Dawes.</li>
+  <li>Finalizes the schedule with the
+  <a href="#Wizard">Review Wizard</a> and the submitter .</li>
   <li>Posts a notice of the review schedule on both the regular <b> boost mailing
     list</b> and the <b> boost-announce mailing list</b>.<ul>
   <li>The notice should include a brief description of the library and what it
@@ -112,24 +115,53 @@ Manager&quot; for the library.</p>
   <li>Decides if
 there is consensus to accept the library, and if there are any conditions
     attached.</li>
-  <li>Posts a message on both the <b>boost</b> and <b>boost-announce</b> lists informing members of the review
-    results.</li>
+  <li>Posts a message on both the <b>boost</b> and <b>boost-announce</b> lists informing members of the 
+  <a href="#Results">review
+    results</a>.</li>
 </ul>
 <p>In other words, it is the Review Manager's responsibility to make sure the
 review process works smoothly.</p>
-<h2>Notes for Library Authors</h2>
+<h2>Notes for Library <a name="Submitters">Submitters</a></h2>
 <p>A proposed library should remain stable during the review period; it will just
 confuse and irritate reviewers if there are numerous changes.&nbsp; It
 is, however, useful to upload fixes for serious bugs right away, particularly
 those which prevent reviewers from fully evaluating the library.&nbsp; Post a
 notice of such fixes on the mailing list.</p>
-<p>Library improvements suggested by reviewers should be held until after the
-completion of review period. Such changes can then be incorporated in the <a href="submission_process.htm#Final">final
-submission file</a> sent to the webmaster for posting.&nbsp; If the suggested
+<p>Library improvements suggested by reviewers should normally be held until 
+after the completion of review period.&nbsp; If the suggested
 changes might affect reviewer's judgments,&nbsp; post a notice of the pending
 change on the mailing list.</p>
+<p>Once an accepted library is ready for inclusion on the Boost web site, the 
+submitter is typically given Boost CVS write access, and expected to check-in 
+and maintain the library in the CVS. Contact the moderators if you need write 
+access or CVS use isn't possible for you.</p>
+<h2>Review <a name="Wizard">Wizard</a></h2>
+<p>The Review Wizard coordinates the formal review schedule:</p>
+<ul>
+  <li>Maintains a list of review manager volunteers, in the form of a queue, so 
+  that volunteers who least recently managed reviews become the prime candidates 
+  for upcoming reviews.</li>
+  <li>When a formal review is requested for a library: </li>
+  <ul>
+    <li>Assign a review manager and suggests a schedule, after checking (via 
+    private email) availability of the volunteers at the top of review manager 
+    queue.</li>
+    <li>Finalize the schedule, once the review manager verifies the library is 
+    actually ready for review.</li>
+    <li>Resolve schedule slips or other issues with review managers and 
+    submitters.</li>
+  </ul>
+  <li>Maintains a schedule of both past and pending reviews, in the form of the
+  <a href="formal_review_schedule.html">Review Schedule</a> web page.</li>
+  <li>Resolves questions from review managers and library submitters, who 
+  sometimes want a third opinion on questions such as &quot;Should we extend the 
+  review period because ...?&quot;</li>
+  <li>Monitors the general review process, and makes minor adjustments as 
+  needed, or queries the list about possible major adjustments.</li>
+</ul>
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