Expectations for CSR members and reviews
joe darcy
joe.darcy at oracle.com
Tue Jun 13 01:02:29 UTC 2017
Hello,
Getting back from vacation, there are a few CSR topics to catch up on.
First, thanks to Phil for adding some FAQ items in my absence; I'll
expand the logistical FAQ items soon.
Second, it is worthwhile to have some discussion about how CSR reviewers
interact with the requests which come in.
There are a number of ways CSR members can be involved with requests.
First, a member can be one of the reviewers of a request and listed as
such in the "Reviewed By:" field. After an engineer submits a CSR issue
for review, by moving it to either of the Proposed or Finalized states,
a CSR member has several options for further involvement. If a member
notices a problem with the request, the member can move the request to
the Pended state, providing a comment justifying doing so. Less serious
problems can be brought up in comments and comments can also be used to
ask questions or indicate the request looks fine.
Other than the chair, CSR members are *not* expected to review each
request that is submitted; although members are welcome to review any
requests of interest and the chair may request other members to look
over a particular request before the request is approved.
For the past several years, the earlier ccc system which CSR is
replacing received a high volume of incoming requests, on average more
than one per calendar day. In years past, the ccc required numerous
distinct roles to vote on a request before it could be approved. This
proved unwieldy and introduced long latencies in the overall ccc review
process for little benefit. For this reason, for many years there has
been a more streamlined process where the chair is the primary reviewer
with other reviewers focusing on particular areas, such as Phil
reviewing client API requests.
With the CSR system, I expect some adjustment to be made, but to
preserve the overall reviewing model where each member is not expected
to review each request before it is approved.
Comments?
Thanks,
-Joe
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