[oe] [RFC] review process

Koen Kooi k.kooi at student.utwente.nl
Sat Aug 28 10:25:42 UTC 2010


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On 27-08-10 14:15, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote:
> It is a good rule that important changes (toolchain, infrastructure)
> are reviewed before being committed.
> This is e.g. also specified in
> http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Commit_Policy
> 
> However, recently I've seen some issues that our review process does
> not seem to work or is abused.
> 
> I see two things happening.
> - patches are submitted for review but do not gain any feedback in a
> reasonable time. I have several patches in the queue that did not get
> any feedback.
> - people are abusing their powers by rejecting changes without
> motivation. See e.g [1] and [2]. I feel if you reject a patch you have
> an obligation to explain why you rejected it.

If you want to delete a recipe I maintain, the burden is on you or are
you saying that maintainers aren't in charge of their recipes anymore?
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