Re: Development practices?

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>]

On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 03:34:29PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> Hey,

Expanding the circle, including folks on the To list.

Colin had answered some so snipping thouse out.
> 
> I've noticed a couple of things that the community seems
> to be doing different than other open source projects and
> was wondering why? And also how to conform to this (or perhaps
> it is time to change?) so that ideas/releases/patches can move forward.
> 
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> 
>  - Some patches have been posted and hadn't much any architecture
>    feedback or review. I am referring to Daniel's multboot2
>    extensions and the ARM multiboot implementation for example.
> 
>    Is that due to the tradition (not sure if that is the right
>    word) that there aren't enough reviewers so folks shouldn't
>    expect reviews?
> 
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> 
> 
> I don't know enough about the community (or the history) to
> understand it but would very much appreciate input.
> And if I have offended somebody with my questions + feeble
> analysis: my deepest apologies - and please straighten me out!
> 
> 
> From what I have gathered so far the not enough reviewers
> is tied in folks being overworked - so there simply was no
> point of posting on the mailing list as nobody had the time
> to review it or test it properly?
> 
> [*1]: My background is in Linux kernel and Xen Project.