From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Ogilvie Subject: Re: [PATCH] subtree/Makefile: Standardize (esp. for packagers) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 21:20:45 -0600 Message-ID: <20140430032045.GA4613@comcast.net> References: <1398304336-1879-1-git-send-email-nod.helm@gmail.com> <3cb4338e-de68-404d-86dc-70cac7e13606@email.android.com> <20140426072520.GB7558@sigill.intra.peff.net> <6a7bcc79-d9c3-4cf8-8f3b-a6a16298c221@email.android.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: James Denholm X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Wed Apr 30 05:28:57 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WfLCa-0005B8-VB for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 05:28:57 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751818AbaD3D2w (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:28:52 -0400 Received: from qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.96]:47284 "EHLO qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751678AbaD3D2w (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:28:52 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 365 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:28:52 EDT Received: from omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.71]) by qmta09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id w3MU1n0021Y3wxoA93Nn1t; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:22:47 +0000 Received: from mmogilvi.dynu.net ([50.183.52.75]) by omta15.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id w3Lm1n00F1dMQzW8b3Lm4S; Wed, 30 Apr 2014 03:20:47 +0000 Received: by mmogilvi.dynu.net (Postfix, from userid 501) id 0D0D31E960C8; Tue, 29 Apr 2014 21:20:45 -0600 (MDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6a7bcc79-d9c3-4cf8-8f3b-a6a16298c221@email.android.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20140121; t=1398828167; bh=5uBKokc7mmgSwUmEBMVtjfPHGaV6GWHpq5BjINmEp7c=; h=Received:Received:Received:Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NUcu8Mo2/68eKLFvRyaosGbVn+zv5uN9Yg+5PQgfZDpGs3dAMh9+/etg33d1CALgG KX4/yfuLgiwTVuUCneENvO2Qlsg9w3s+L48pgtFio2WDq7Dq5DPqKChaQaPffSIq2F 6yutR0Z2X82nAQfO1mso9Ry+ahuvJlcErasrCe5WUTsopzVNhqzsZ2yf37fWFZhfiI 3CiS72LgdJx20LHnV96RQuCWlVsIuptpoLIEo4WMIZWRNONb1FvgDQ51vnJ+5Lg8ln 28souVGZ15MH3XEXZaPyZZwdWbMeK47hm/fowbWT3RAWJEtXqOV45Cf9UKLhcH0Wkk jkXXwvoGEFdVg== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 12:35:13PM +1000, James Denholm wrote: > Jeff King wrote: > >I think the problem is that > >contrib/subtree does not really have an active dedicated area > >maintainer. > > Yeah, I can see how that might become a bit of a problem. I was > actually thinking of doing a bit of work on subtree beyond this > specific patch, so hopefully that won't be a show-stopper. We'll > see what happens, I guess. Agreed. It also doesn't help that when subtree patches are proposed (especially new features instead of obvious bugs), there often seems to be little or no feedback from anyone. -------- Depending on how much time you have: This may be outside the scope of work you were planning on, but it might be worth grepping through old mailing list archives for "subtree" patches that haven't been merged, and see if there is anything worth revisiting/resubmitting. I believe most of the following (at least) kind of languished and died, often with little or no real review and feedback: http://marc.info/?l=git&m=138644067726844&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=138523794407181&w=2 - My own series, plus another patch that has roughly the same description, but different semantics. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136321400525507&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136321400525507&w=2 - Some series from Paul Campbell. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136122107605036&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=135813589922554&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136415434127550&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136127692217856&w=2 - Other series. http://marc.info/?l=git&m=138557714926045&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=138129106613560&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136415882128742&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=git&m=136415654228062&w=2 - Miscellaneous And probably others... (I don't know if these are the latest or "best" versions of these, nor have I really looked at them closely to decide if they are worth including at all. Be sure to exameine not just the discussion around the specific patches, but also the other patches in each series...) - Matthew Ogilvie