From 718d86c29e01bfdcdc8fe8f2f9138a89e1505cd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mateusz=20=C5=81oskot?=
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2020 12:19:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add clarification on acceptance of review manager by library
submitter
Based on @glenfe's clarification
https://github.com/boostorg/website/pull/534#issuecomment-678422348
I received as answer to my question
https://github.com/boostorg/website/pull/534#issuecomment-678415872
---
community/reviews.html | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/community/reviews.html b/community/reviews.html
index 2dff4491..7595ea90 100644
--- a/community/reviews.html
+++ b/community/reviews.html
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ https://www.boost.org/development/website_updating.html
active boost member not connected with the library submission
must volunteer to be the "Review Manager" for the library.
Members may contact a library author on- or off-list to express
- interest in managing the review.
+ interest in managing the review. The library author has to accept
+ a person as a review manager.
The Review Manager:
@@ -271,7 +272,11 @@ https://www.boost.org/development/website_updating.html
See Submission
Process for a description of the steps a library developer
goes through to get a library accepted by Boost.
-
+
+ First, the library author should accept a review manager.
+ If they feel, for whatever reason, a candidate for a review manager
+ is not competent or fair, they should not accept such candidate.
+
A proposed library should remain stable during the review
period; it will just confuse and irritate reviewers if there
are numerous changes. It is, however, useful to upload fixes
@@ -322,9 +327,10 @@ https://www.boost.org/development/website_updating.html
When a formal review is requested for a library:
- - Approve the review manager based on their
- participation in the Boost community, including the
- mailing list, previous reviews, and other forums.
+ - Approve the review manager based on initial acceptance
+ by the library submitter, their participation in the Boost
+ community, including the mailing list, previous reviews,
+ and other forums.
- Suggest a schedule, after checking (via private
email) availability of the review manager and library