On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 2:20 PM Niall Douglas wrote:
For the record, I've had offlist email discussions about proposed Boost.JSON with a number of people where the general feeling was that there was no point in submitting a review, as negative review feedback would be ignored, possibly with personal retribution thereafter, and the library was always going to be accepted in any case.
Personal retribution, really?
Some have interpreted it as such yes. I have a raft of private email that just arrived there after my post here recounting their stories about being on the receiving end of Vinnie's behaviour, and/or thanking me for writing that post.
Niall, I think this might be the first time I've seen you review the submitter, instead of just the submission, so I have to assume it is for a reason this is being raised in public on the Boost mailing list during this review. What is the genuine concern here, with the submission, reviews so far, review manager, etc.? i.e. It seems like there's some subtext that I'm not grasping here, and it would be better if spoken plainly. Mateusz is an active review wizard who can intervene, if you want to raise an issue that something is compromised. Otherwise, I'm not sure why the the off-list opinions of people about Vinnie matter to a Boost review of this library. Glen