From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]) by linuxtogo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpIc8-0007dV-4D for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:26:21 +0200 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OpIbe-0008GS-8a for openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:25:50 +0200 Received: from s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl ([85.145.118.37]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:25:50 +0200 Received: from k.kooi by s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:25:50 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: openembedded-devel@lists.openembedded.org From: Koen Kooi Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 12:25:42 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: s55917625.adsl.wanadoo.nl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100729 Shredder/3.0.7pre In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 80.91.229.12 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gcho-openembedded-devel@m.gmane.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on discovery X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:20:07 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on linuxtogo.org) Subject: Re: [RFC] review process 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: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:26:21 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 27-08-10 14:15, Frans Meulenbroeks wrote: > It is a good rule that important changes (toolchain, infrastructure) > are reviewed before being committed. > This is e.g. also specified in > http://wiki.openembedded.net/index.php/Commit_Policy > > However, recently I've seen some issues that our review process does > not seem to work or is abused. > > I see two things happening. > - patches are submitted for review but do not gain any feedback in a > reasonable time. I have several patches in the queue that did not get > any feedback. > - people are abusing their powers by rejecting changes without > motivation. See e.g [1] and [2]. I feel if you reject a patch you have > an obligation to explain why you rejected it. If you want to delete a recipe I maintain, the burden is on you or are you saying that maintainers aren't in charge of their recipes anymore? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Darwin) iD8DBQFMeOQmMkyGM64RGpERAu7PAKCgv9CNgRClgz28jyNeHqANqgBsdwCgr4Lp g5tptYYjCTFtUZnOukdJ3Kg= =wUcg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----