[LLVMdev] code-owner sporks

[Sean Silva]

> Really, patches get dropped *all the time* to the point where pings are
> a regular part of the development process.  That's a huge waste of time
> for everyone.

It's only a waste of time if your workflow is entirely synchronous
with patch review. Most of us have a number of things that we can work
on, so letting a patch chill for a while on the list isn't a big deal
because we just go on and do something else.

Also, this situation has piqued my interest and so I am researching
the issues involved. Could you give me some links (or thread titles)
for dropped patches, so that I can take a look at them and try to
puzzle out how the development process ended up in them being dropped?
Nothing big, maybe 5 or so is probably enough. Thanks.

-- Sean Silva

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 4:11 PM,  <dag at cray.com> wrote:
> Eric Christopher <echristo at gmail.com> writes:
>
>>     This is right.  The highest barrier to entry for patches is that
>>     they
>>     are not seen.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> This is opinion. I see everyone's patches, but my review time is
>> precious and the patch may not hit the criteria of what I'm willing to
>> spend my time on.
>
> That's valid, but code owners should at least acknowledge the patch and
> say, "I don't have time to review this" with some estimate of how long
> it might take before they get around to it.  I say "code owners" because
> we shouldn't require everyone on the list to acknowledge a patch they
> won't review.  :)
>
> As a contributor, my time is precious too.  I would like to have some
> way of knowing that *someone* is looking at the patch, that it hasn't
> just dropped on the floor.  A patch queue would at least allow me to
> track progress and not have to save a bunch of e-mails of patches I
> submitted and need to ping four days from now.
>
> Really, patches get dropped *all the time* to the point where pings are
> a regular part of the development process.  That's a huge waste of time
> for everyone.
>
>                             -David
>
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