Re: Managing the review queue

2011-04-01 Thread Bruno Medeiros
On 28/03/2011 20:19, Walter Bright wrote: On 3/28/2011 12:18 PM, dsimcha wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is actually released. I think the only way to

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread Walter Bright
On 3/27/2011 8:53 PM, dsimcha wrote: From observing the review processes for std.parallelism and std.net.isemail, I think our review process needs some tweaking. There are two key issues: 1. The pace of reviews is glacial unless there's a vote date near. Only 4 people have reviewed

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread dsimcha
== Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is actually released. I think the only way to deal with this is to be willing to correct deficiencies found after release.

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread Walter Bright
On 3/28/2011 12:18 PM, dsimcha wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is actually released. I think the only way to deal with this is to be willing to correct

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread bearophile
Walter: I have thought in the past about putting such modules into another package, call it foo for lack of a better name, and put it in the dmd distribution. If the package pans out in real life, then move it to std. So, yes, I think your idea is a good one. It's a nice idea.

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread Graham Fawcett
On Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:32:44 -0400, bearophile wrote: Walter: I have thought in the past about putting such modules into another package, call it foo for lack of a better name, and put it in the dmd distribution. If the package pans out in real life, then move it to std. So, yes, I think

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread bearophile
Graham Fawcett: I don't see the connection. '__future__' in Python isn't for experimental features, nor is it for introducing stdlib changes. It's a way to 'import' language features which become standard in later releases. But the end result is the same: if they find troubles in a feature

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread Jonas Drewsen
On 28/03/11 21.19, Walter Bright wrote: On 3/28/2011 12:18 PM, dsimcha wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is actually released. I think the only way to

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread bearophile
KennyTM~: Python's future statement provides features that will certainly be enabled. It's a feature to provide smoother code compatibility with earlier versions. Every decision is pretty much settled when it is available in __future__, and the only step left is to enable it by default.

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread KennyTM~
On Mar 29, 11 04:04, bearophile wrote: Graham Fawcett: I don't see the connection. '__future__' in Python isn't for experimental features, nor is it for introducing stdlib changes. It's a way to 'import' language features which become standard in later releases. But the end result is the

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread spir
On 03/28/2011 09:18 PM, dsimcha wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is actually released. I think the only way to deal with this is to be willing to correct

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread spir
On 03/28/2011 09:32 PM, bearophile wrote: Walter: I have thought in the past about putting such modules into another package, call it foo for lack of a better name, and put it in the dmd distribution. If the package pans out in real life, then move it to std. So, yes, I think your idea is a

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-28 Thread spir
On 03/28/2011 10:32 PM, Jonas Drewsen wrote: On 28/03/11 21.19, Walter Bright wrote: On 3/28/2011 12:18 PM, dsimcha wrote: == Quote from Walter Bright (newshou...@digitalmars.com)'s article A further issue with the review process is that the bulk of people won't look at something until it is

Managing the review queue

2011-03-27 Thread dsimcha
From observing the review processes for std.parallelism and std.net.isemail, I think our review process needs some tweaking. There are two key issues: 1. The pace of reviews is glacial unless there's a vote date near. Only 4 people have reviewed std.net.isemail, and that's counting any

Re: Managing the review queue

2011-03-27 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On 2011-03-27 20:53, dsimcha wrote: From observing the review processes for std.parallelism and std.net.isemail, I think our review process needs some tweaking. There are two key issues: 1. The pace of reviews is glacial unless there's a vote date near. Only 4 people have reviewed