From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1ZaPd9-00022R-Ir for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:47 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33082) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPd7-0001xU-BI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:46 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPd4-0008TM-5q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:45 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:42374) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPd3-0008Sr-W7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:42 -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 t8BEmZOa002695 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:48:35 GMT Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserv0021.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t8BEmZbt020296 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:48:35 GMT Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id t8BEmYUl028904; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:48:35 GMT Received: from l.oracle.com (/10.137.176.158) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:48:34 -0700 Received: by l.oracle.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E88366A3C80; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:48:33 -0400 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk To: The development of GNU GRUB , arvidjaar@gmail.com Subject: Re: Development practices? Message-ID: <20150911144833.GA16333@l.oracle.com> References: <20150903193429.GA19514@l.oracle.com> <20150908175702.GA20019@l.oracle.com> <1441820865.2932.12.camel@z-51.de> <55F2E685.3070900@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <55F2E685.3070900@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:48:46 -0000 On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 05:34:45PM +0300, Andrei Borzenkov wrote: > 09.09.2015 20:47, Felix Zielcke =D0=BF=D0=B8=D1=88=D0=B5=D1=82: > >Am Dienstag, den 08.09.2015, 13:57 -0400 schrieb Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk= : > >>On Thu, Sep 03, 2015 at 03:34:29PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk > >>wrote: > > > >>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? > >>> > > > >Hi Konrad, > > > >back in 2008/2009 (when Marco Gerards gave over Maintainance to Robert > >Millan) there were indeed not much people actively reviewing code. > > > >Active people on the mailing list was just given commit access. It was > >expected that they only commit stuff without posting which doesn't nee= d > >a review and complies with the rules back at that time. > > > >Due to me missing a few years on the mailing list, I can't tell you > >unfortunately how it compares to today. > > >=20 > Not much changes as far as I can tell. OK. What qualifies as needing an review? Personal preference by the patch author? Thank you for answering my questions!