Andrew Patrick <csr@calvin.doc.ca> (04/11/91)
Submitted-by: Andrew Patrick <csr@calvin.doc.ca> Posting-number: Volume 1, Info 2 Archive-name: Intro This posting provides an introduction to the news group "comp.sources.reviewed". Guidelines for submitting sources to this newsgroup are contained in a companion posting. "Comp.sources.reviewed" is a moderated newsgroup (moderator: Andrew Patrick [csr@calvin.doc.ca]) with the following charter: "Comp.sources.reviewed" is a moderated newsgroup for the distribution of program sources that have been subjected to a Peer Review process. Similar to the process used for academic journals, submissions are sent to a moderator who then sends the sources to Peer Review volunteers for evaluation. The Reviewers are asked to provided a timely evaluation of the software by compiling and running it on their machine. If time does not permit them to complete a review, they are responsible for asking the moderator to select another reviewer. If the Moderator and Peer Reviewers judge a submission to be acceptable, the sources will be posted along with the written comments provided by the Reviewers. If a submission is not found to be acceptable, the author will be provided with the Reviewers' comments, and they will have the option of addressing those comments and submitting the sources again. Volunteers interested in reviewing sources for this newsgroup can send a note to "csr@calvin.doc.ca" to be placed on the list. -- Andrew Patrick acting as Comp.Sources.Reviewed Moderator Department of Communications, Ottawa, CANADA csr@calvin.doc.CA