Re: [Buildroot] List of trivial old patches

[Baruch Siach via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>]

Hi Yann,

On Sat, May 06 2023, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> On 2023-05-05 08:17 +0300, Baruch Siach via buildroot spake thusly:
>> Here is a list of over month old patchwork entries that look like
>> trivial version bumps, or upstream backports.
>> There are a lot more. So if you find this list useful, I'll dig up more
>> patches.
>
> I blindly applied the patches, on the assumption you did actually review
> them before adding them to the list, which was neither too short nor too
> long, so it was pretty much manageable, so yes, that was useful. Thanks!

Thanks for your prompt action.

I only reviewed the patches to make sure they are indeed trivial. That
is, mechanical version bump, or upstream backports.

> What would be even more useful (and this is valid for everyone) is to
> review complex patches too, because those are the ones that take more
> time (version bumps are indeed trivial and seldom get a second thought
> from my part).

I am fully aware of the review bandwidth shortage that makes complex
patches linger in patchwork queue. The thing is that the queue length
seems to hide trivial patches that are closer to the distant end of the
queue. So I took action in hope to bring some of these patches back to
front, at least on the mailing list. I am glad it worked.

The immediate trigger for me was the libcurl bump (commit 1e735c48372)
that was also a security update that went through some trouble with
distros[1]. Was Buildroot affected as well? Anyway, the update delay
made libcurl bump miss the last 2022.02.x release, which is unfortunate.

[1] https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2023/03/29/pre-notification-dilemmas/

> Anyway, thanks for the effort, and if you send another list, this length
> and content is nice. 👍

Thanks,
baruch

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