[llvm-dev] RFC: Improving the experience of first-time contributors

Krzysztof Parzyszek via llvm-dev llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org
Thu Nov 3 16:34:44 PDT 2016


On 11/3/2016 5:40 PM, Alex Bradbury via llvm-dev wrote:
>
> One point I'd like to reiterate is that this proposal is not the same
> as just making it easier to select a reviewer. It also doesn't try to
> solve the review problem in general, simply to pick one area where
> slow reviews are likely to be most painful (first time contributors
> being put off) and to try to improve it through a concerted group
> effort. I like the 'first responders' name from Paul.

I think that addressing slow reviews would be the one thing that would 
have the most impact. A timely response of any kind is better than no 
response at all.


-Krzysztof



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