From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1ZZN90-0003HV-R8 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:57:22 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44937) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZN8x-0003FH-Du for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:57:20 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZN8s-0007J9-Bx for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:57:19 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:16470) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZZN8s-0007Iz-59 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:57:14 -0400 Received: from aserv0021.oracle.com (aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id t88Hv6Fh020094 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:57:07 GMT Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t88Hv4EN017401 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:57:05 GMT Received: from abhmp0001.oracle.com (abhmp0001.oracle.com [141.146.116.7]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t88Hv4Xp016341; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 17:57:04 GMT Received: from l.oracle.com (/10.137.176.158) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 08 Sep 2015 10:57:04 -0700 Received: by l.oracle.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B48986A4D6F; Tue, 8 Sep 2015 13:57:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 13:57:02 -0400 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: grub-devel@gnu.org, Andrei Borzenkov , Leif Lindholm , Vladimir Serbinenko , Felix Zielcke , Paulo Flabiano Smorigo Subject: Re: Development practices? Message-ID: <20150908175702.GA20019@l.oracle.com> References: <20150903193429.GA19514@l.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150903193429.GA19514@l.oracle.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Source-IP: aserv0021.oracle.com [141.146.126.233] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 17:57:20 -0000 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. > .. snip.. > > - 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? > .. snip.. > > > 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.