From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3XuM-0001OU-4S for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:54:42 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1K3XuK-0001N3-2l for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:54:41 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56137 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1K3XuJ-0001N0-SD for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:54:39 -0400 Received: from ecfrec.frec.bull.fr ([129.183.4.8]:57247) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1K3XuI-0002bX-P4 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:54:40 -0400 Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] An organizational suggestion From: Laurent Vivier In-Reply-To: <200806031535.40996.paul@codesourcery.com> References: <193307.64140.qm@web57014.mail.re3.yahoo.com> <18501.20210.209142.106241@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <200806031535.40996.paul@codesourcery.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:54:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1212504871.4286.11.camel@frecb07144> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Ian Jackson , Paul Brook Le mardi 03 juin 2008 =C3=A0 15:35 +0100, Paul Brook a =C3=A9crit : > > But I do think it is important that we have _some_ new committer(s) > > who are keen to do the kind of routine patch review and inclusion, > > which is sadly currently not getting the necessary prompt attention. >=20 > I'd just like to point out that committing patches is easy. The hard (a= nd time=20 > consuming) bit is identifying, rejecting, fixing and/or making construc= tive=20 > comments on all the bogus patches. The are lots of patches that fall in= to=20 > this latter category, e.g. patches that have clearly only ever been tes= ted on=20 > x86 targets. It doesn't take any special privileges to do this patch re= view. The real question is: who do you trust ? Regards, Laurent --=20 ------------- Laurent.Vivier@bull.net --------------- "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." - Alan Kay