[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Simon King
On 2013-02-28, kcrisman wrote: > --=_Part_444_3892362.1362074924783 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Good comments, Nathann, though some papers are read more than others :) > > Ahahaah. Yeah, but research publications (at least in my field) are read by >> three reviewers and

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Travis Scrimshaw
> A single reviewer adds a lot of value, but the marginal benefit per >> reviewer goes down quickly while the marginal cost goes up. That being >> said, if you don't feel confortable giving something a positive >> review, just leave some comments (perhaps even setting it to needs >> work) and

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
Y ! > Good comments, Nathann, though some papers are read more than others :) Yepyep, definitely. Some smart ones. And it's actually because they are read many times by guys who actually want too understand that you believe them rather easily. A bit like we can trust some Sage code be

[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread kcrisman
Good comments, Nathann, though some papers are read more than others :) Ahahaah. Yeah, but research publications (at least in my field) are read by > three reviewers and buried forever, never to be read again. Sage's code is > doctested, and used. > THREE reviewers? Most of mine have had ONE,

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
> A single reviewer adds a lot of value, but the marginal benefit per > reviewer goes down quickly while the marginal cost goes up. That being > said, if you don't feel confortable giving something a positive > review, just leave some comments (perhaps even setting it to needs > work) and mov

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 9:19 AM, luisfe wrote: > On 28 feb, 17:26, Jernej Azarija wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I have noticed (at least in the fields to which I made some small >> contributions) that the number of reviewers is arbitrary. Sometimes there >> is only one reviewer sometimes two, three.. >>

Re: [sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
> Do not despair, my pet bug #10255 has the patch ready since two years ago... ugh, that hurts. Anyone willing for reviewing it? :D Aahaah. Come on, your patch seems realistically reviewable ! 12224 weighs 1.3 MB :-D Nathann -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread luisfe
> > > The point is that I would be totally amazed if #12224 were to (ever) be > reviewed. Do you think that it could be reviewed twice ? :-P > > Do not despair, my pet bug #10255 has the patch ready since two years ago... ugh, that hurts. Anyone willing for reviewing it? :D -- You received th

[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread luisfe
On 28 feb, 17:26, Jernej Azarija wrote: > Hello! > > I have noticed (at least in the fields to which I made some small > contributions) that the number of reviewers is arbitrary. Sometimes there > is only one reviewer sometimes two, three.. > > I cannot speak for others, but I wouldn't want to be

[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread Nathann Cohen
Helloo !!! I have noticed (at least in the fields to which I made some small > contributions) that the number of reviewers is arbitrary. Sometimes there > is only one reviewer sometimes two, three.. > > I cannot speak for others, but I wouldn't want to be the only reviewe

[sage-devel] Re: Review process for contributions

2013-02-28 Thread kcrisman
On Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:26:20 AM UTC-5, Jernej Azarija wrote: > > Hello! > > I have noticed (at least in the fields to which I made some small > contributions) that the number of reviewers is arbitrary. Sometimes there > is only one reviewer sometimes two, three.. > > I cannot speak f