Re: Global .git directory

[Gerhard Wiesinger <lists@wiesinger.com>]

On Mon, 3 May 2010, Andrew Ruder wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 07:07:08AM +0200, Gerhard Wiesinger wrote:
> I know it all seems nit-picky, but if you want to see your changes make
> it into git.git you're best off making it as EASY AS POSSIBLE for the
> reviewer to take your patch and apply it and be done with it.  This just
> isn't possible without testcases, documentation updates, etc..
> Especially for feature additions (vs bug fixes) you really have to make
> life as simple (and normal) as possible for reviewers, maintainers,
> etc.. After all, it is a lot easier living without a feature than it is
> a documented bug-fix!
>
> Just a random lurker trying to help you out here!

Thnx for your feedback. Will rework some of the parts you mentioned.

I think such a strict process should be valid for final commits to the git 
repository. But for a first patch ready for discussion I think one 
shouldn't make such strict process rules. I think we are at the state 
whether such a patch *might* be accepted and reviewers should look at the 
content first to have a decision for digging further (e.g. rework some 
parts of the patch) or for "ok this makes no sense at all". I think this 
saves time of the reviewers and also my time (I could now make all the 
formal stuff of the patch you mentioned but when there is something 
fundamental wrong there e.g in concept all the work was useless when not 
accepted. I think there should be agreement of the roadmap of a feature 
and then a focus on formalism to finally commit a pathc. So I'm a fan of 
discussion and incremental work to minimise useless and typically 
frustrating effort.)

Ciao,
Gerhard

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