From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1ZaPPh-00037a-Au for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:34:53 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57292) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPPe-00033L-H7 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:34:51 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPPb-0001hK-Cq for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:34:50 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x22c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c]:33863) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZaPPb-0001gC-3T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:34:47 -0400 Received: by lahg1 with SMTP id g1so19129392lah.1 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:34:46 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Q4m1QetbtLEXpe+UynWYAHcVezLBxUwC8vkyXTKFCjo=; b=I7Kirod/Hyj8xpuhC10L2uIa51dPgbziNEml9wpvTYpgasZf5ZFwk8Hcc06n5LNQAZ ULY3y0w2YK7uQtkLNFnmm1Nmk6/UKwEHxJixZeBRdgp3zT5V5WZrgRKNBZZVqh2gZQhA BcC/FQuoZzWBjYtBC2Lc+s4pjCX23aPYX2Y1ngYDpNXSbfXi1PP2XwY3lfFOKBsWhU6H aEi8tS5mbuh6dN6cCNTsDXvI++VvZ8HtrugfD+zAVgPdFZORrg4nRmfsH0rF25JQmc2i 1U5jorN35o+pX/N6OqiyIPVLeeQWI5E5nAD/YY1qyMPIMhvlS0MiAys51ykST0fAx9d7 yQQw== X-Received: by 10.152.27.134 with SMTP id t6mr42775914lag.100.1441982086481; Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:34:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.43] (ppp91-76-134-130.pppoe.mtu-net.ru. [91.76.134.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ps9sm94669lbb.19.2015.09.11.07.34.45 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:34:45 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Development practices? To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: <20150903193429.GA19514@l.oracle.com> <20150908175702.GA20019@l.oracle.com> <1441820865.2932.12.camel@z-51.de> From: Andrei Borzenkov Message-ID: <55F2E685.3070900@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 17:34:45 +0300 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1441820865.2932.12.camel@z-51.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c03::22c 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 14:34:51 -0000 09.09.2015 20:47, Felix Zielcke пишет: > 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 need > 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. > Not much changes as far as I can tell.