[oe] Switching SCM to git and commit/review policy

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Jun 13 17:49:29 UTC 2008


On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 08:43:49AM -0400, Cliff Brake wrote:

[snip]
> One of the differences with the OE meta data is that its structure is
> rather flat instead of a nice hierarchy like the kernel.  Another
> problem is an update in one of the core components can often have
> unforeseen consequences in other packages.  So I don't think there is
> any substitute for a lot of testing.  A lot of the work to keep it all
> going is simply busy-work -- updating URI's, adding new versions of
> packages, etc, so I would hate to slow that down.  How about coming up
> with a list of directories/files that need mail list review:

Here's my 2 cents, as occasional contributor without write access and
without a good friend with write access.  Whatever the process, things
need to not get "lost" either in the ML noise or in the bugzilla,
possibly waiting for the "maintainer" to speak up.

-- 
Tom Rini




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