Re: Proposal: "Newly Endorsed Libraries" section in release notes
Peter Dimov via Boost <[email protected]>
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Andrey Semashev wrote: > On March 10, 2026 2:47:28 PM Peter Dimov via Boost > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Andrey Semashev wrote: > >> To be frank, I never fully understood the point of endorsement. > > > > The point of endorsement was to prevent libraries that weren't ready > > for formal review to have such scheduled and thereby waste everyone's > > time. > > I don't remember there being an influx of underprepared libraries. IIRC, > endorsements were an attempt to prevent review periods with no submitted > reviews. We didn't have those for a while, but we still did have review periods > with little reviews, so I'm not sure how successful that attempt was. > > Anyway, as I said, there are many ways to express interest in the library and a > (non-binding) intention to review it. It's the formality of the act of > endorsement and what it entails for the one who endorses is what I don't like > or understand. The formality was because the review wizard wasn't allowed to unilaterally decide to not schedule a review for a library, once such was requested. _______________________________________________ Boost mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://lists.boost.org/mailman3/lists/boost.lists.boost.org/ Archived at: https://lists.boost.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/2KUDITFR6QBFWKUBOZVIQJLGI7UPPGJD/