PR backlog

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <200712271000.50995 at aldan>
            Mikhail Teterin <mi+kde at aldan.algebra.com> writes:
: On середа 26 грудень 2007, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: = As a project we're not leveraging the community sufficiently when it
: = comes to contributions. �The current system of patch review and
: = submission is very hap-hazard. �If you happen to get the attention of
: = the right person at the right time, then it goes in. �If not, patches
: = can languish a long time in the PR system.
: 
: This is /generally/ true, and has been for years. However, the USB-part of 
: FreeBSD is in a /particularly/ bad shape, so something USB-specific may be in 
: order.

Usually that's called a maintainer, but we haven't had a real one in a
long time.  Or even a fake one.  That's what it would take to solve
the problem.

: There is talk about a "whole new" USB reimplementation, and somebody is 
: working in the Perforce nirvana-land on it. Maybe, that work needs a closer 
: look by other experts so as to bring it to the FreeBSD masses faster...

Now you are being insulting here.  There are people looking at Hans'
new stack, and have identified a few issues with it.  Hans' is working
on the issues identified, and even provides snapshots from time to
time for people to try.

Warner