From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [64.18.0.26] (helo=exprod5og113.obsmtp.com) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LepYA-0001KZ-8T for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:46:11 +0100 Received: from source ([4.79.213.129]) (using TLSv1) by exprod5ob113.postini.com ([64.18.4.12]) with SMTP ID DSNKSa5pBkgZ8KaMEIQ/+8+yZ3wrBH4FliF9@postini.com; Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:42:00 PST Received: from unknown (HELO alpmlip01.e2k.ad.ge.com) ([3.159.17.48]) by Alpmlip06.e2k.ad.ge.com with ESMTP; 04 Mar 2009 06:41:55 -0500 Received: from ind-3n4b83jh1.amer.consind.ge.com (HELO [192.168.219.128]) ([3.138.54.81]) by alpmlip01.e2k.ad.ge.com with ESMTP; 04 Mar 2009 06:41:54 -0500 Message-ID: <49AE6924.2090903@gefanuc.com> Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:42:28 +0000 From: Martyn Welch Organization: GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Ltd. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090105) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org References: <20090303204954.CCB9CE8008@amethyst.openembedded.net> <1236119119.10602.62.camel@andromeda> <49ADB183.5070709@balister.org> <1236120999.10602.70.camel@andromeda> <49AE5117.5020806@gefanuc.com> <1236162102.10602.97.camel@andromeda> <1236165806.10602.102.camel@andromeda> In-Reply-To: <1236165806.10602.102.camel@andromeda> Subject: Re: [oe-commits] Koen Kooi : angstrom 2009.X: bump automake-native to 1.10. 2 since some idiot deleted 1.10 X-BeenThere: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org List-Id: Using the OpenEmbedded metadata to build Distributions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 11:46:12 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: > Am Mittwoch, den 04.03.2009, 11:54 +0100 schrieb Koen Kooi: >> On 04-03-09 11:21, Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote: >>> Am Mittwoch, den 04.03.2009, 09:59 +0000 schrieb Martyn Welch: >>>> "Review" is defined as posting it on the mailing lists and getting positive agreement from two or more core developers. >>> Let me propose these kinds of patches being promoted in an unstable >>> branch rather than via mailing list. This eases testing and playing >>> around with the patch. >> Patches posted to the mailinglist get more eyes on them. > > More eyes but less actual testing, since it involves patching your > current tree to be able to see the effects. > But had a patch deleting multiple versions of a core package been posted to the mailing list, people would have had a chance to object. In some cases the effect that a patch will have can be quite evident enough by looking at it, the patch wouldn't necessarily have needed to actually have been applied. Martyn -- Martyn Welch MEng MPhil MIET (Principal Software Engineer) T:+44(0)1327322748 GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Ltd, |Registered in England and Wales Tove Valley Business Park, Towcester, |(3828642) at 100 Barbirolli Square, Northants, NN12 6PF, UK T:+44(0)1327359444 |Manchester,M2 3AB VAT:GB 729849476