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problems along the way, please note if they are minor, serious, or
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showstoppers.</p>
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+ <p>The goal of a Boost library review is to improve the library through
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+ constructive criticism, and at the end a decision must be made: is the
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+ library good enough at this point to accept into Boost? If not, we hope to
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+ have provided enough constructive criticism for it to be improved and
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+ accepted at a later time. The Serialization library is a good example of how
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+ constructive criticism resulted in revisions resulting in an excellent
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+ library that was accepted in its second review.</p>
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<p>Here are some questions you might want to answer in your review:</p>
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comments don't obscure your overall opinion.</li>
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+ <p>Many reviews include questions for library authors. Authors are
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+ interested in defending their library against your criticisms; otherwise
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+ they would not have brought their library up for review. If you don't get a
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+ response to your question quickly, be patient; if it takes too long or you
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+ don't get an answer you feel is sufficient, ask again or try to rephrase the
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+ question. Do remember that English is not the native language for many
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+ Boosters, and that can cause misunderstandings.<br>
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+ <br>
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+ E-mail is a poor communication medium, and even if messages rarely get lost
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+ in transmission, they often get drowned in the deluge of other messages.
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+ Don't assume that an unanswered message means you're being ignored. Given
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+ constructively, criticism will be taken better and have more positive
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+ effects, and you'll get the answers you want.</p>
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<h2><a name="Results">Results</a></h2>
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<p>At the conclusion of the comment period, the Review Manager will post
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<p>© Copyright Beman Dawes 2000</p>
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"http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>)
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