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[Alfred Perlstein]

* M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> [090105 08:05] wrote:
> In message: <20090105050415.GY60686 at elvis.mu.org>
>             Alfred Perlstein <alfred at freebsd.org> writes:
> : * M. Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> [090104 09:11] wrote:
> : > In message: <200901040012.n040C2gH040928 at svn.freebsd.org>
> : >             Alfred Perlstein <alfred at FreeBSD.org> writes:
> : > :   Sync with usb4bsd:
> : > 
> : > Alfred,
> : > 
> : > thanks for trudging these fixes into the tree.  It is a thankless job
> : > that people will complain about...
> : > 
> : > Speaking of complaining, is there a review process that can be joined
> : > for them that's more formal than "diff against hps' p4 tree and
> : > complain?"
> : 
> : We're trying to figure out a way to do this.  We haven't had much
> : luck exploring svk/hg/git as they're just about as much work as
> : shipping patches back and forth.
> : 
> : I asked core for a restricted "users/hps" area under svn for Hans
> : to put code, but that was denied, perhaps now it's time to reconsider
> : that?
> 
> And also:
> > In my part of the world we give credit or, at the very least, say "thank 
> > you" to the sender, when we apply patches sent to us.
> 
> One of the things that works well in Linux is the patch queues that
> they have.  You submit a patch, people talk about it, and various tags
> get added to it.  They break things down into a series of mostly
> independent patches.
> 
> Maybe we should try to initiate something like this so that we can
> comment on changes more easily, as well as track submitters and the
> like as things pass through Hans.
> 
> Consider it an experiment to see if we can do things to help improve
> our world?

I guess so, but this can all be implemented via a sandbox in
our VCS for Hans/me to use... or GNATS, but that just adds overhead.

I sort of feel this would be reinventing something that we already
have.

-- 
- Alfred Perlstein