[oe] [RFC] more streamlined review procedure, was: Re: [STABLE] branch created: stable/2009

[Marco Cavallini]

Koen Kooi ha scritto:
> I've found that there's a huge flaw in this setup:
> 
> Currently there are 8 people signed up as 'maintainers' for the stable
> branch, but only 2 (yes, two) have looked at some of the patches posted
> 2 days ago. Another said he didn't want to look at patches for machines
> he didn't build for. No idea why the other 4 haven't responded, but if
> this continues then the stable branch can be closed down immediately.
> 
> Why? The current procedure requires an ACK from a stable 'maintainer'
> (not including yourself, of course), but you won't get an ACK or even a
> NACK.
> 
> This is annoying since I've had the first bugreports from users that
> were solved by patches that are 'under review'.
> 
> The previous stable branch tried to guarantee that you'd get at least a
> reaction on all your patches within 24 hours, so submitters knew what
> was happening. A 'reaction', not a 'review', so "will look at it next
> week" is perfectly well.
> 
> So my proposal:
> 
> * within 24 hours of posting at least 1 reaction from any stable
> 'maintainer'
> * No review within a week means automatic approval, commit must have
> "UNREVIEWED" marker to signify that.

Hi
I'm trying to understand the best way to proceed.
I think you shouldn't ACK a patch that you can't test.
Maybe I'm wrong or I'm misunderstanding the goal of a 'stable' branch?

/marco