Phobos Review Queue

[H. S. Teoh]

On Sat, Jun 08, 2013 at 09:26:09AM -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/8/13 3:30 AM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
> >On Friday, 7 June 2013 at 22:52:47 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote:
> >>Found the description of the process:
> >>http://wiki.dlang.org/Review/Process
> >>
> >>It's somewhat vague and could probably use some standard announcement
> >>templates people could use.
> >>
> >>Looks like it's actually two weeks of review, one week of voting.
> >>I still think the module author should be able to be Review Manager
> >>though.
> >
> >It mentions that after review, it is up to the review manager whether or
> >not to continue with a vote. That seems like a big conflict-of-interest
> >decision.
> 
> Why? The review manager does not have a particular interest in
> getting the proposal accepted or refused; the role is there just to
> ensure a fair process.
[...]

If the review manager is also the author, wouldn't he have particular
interest in getting the proposal accepted?


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