[U-Boot] Patchwork housekeeping

[Vladimir Zapolskiy <vz@mleia.com>]

On 26.03.2012 20:36, Andy Fleming wrote:
>
> On Mar 26, 2012, at 12:30 PM, Vladimir Zapolskiy wrote:
>
>> Hi Graeme,
>>
>> On 22.03.2012 04:58, Graeme Russ wrote:
>>> Hello Custodians and Mailing List Aficionados,
>>>
>>> I don't know if anyone has noticed, but patchwork is starting to collect
>>> a rather large amount of cruft.
>>>
>>> I occasionally jump onto patchwork and do a little housekeeping by marking
>>> updated patches as 'Superceeded' and anything applied by Wolfgang as
>>> 'Accepted' (There may be a few patches that have been applied to custodian
>>> tress that I marked as 'Accepted' when really they should have been marked
>>> as 'Awaiting Upstream')
>>>
>>> I really don't mind doing this housekeeping, but I would like to make a
>>> few suggestions that will make the work a little easier:
>>>
>>>   - If you are a custodian:
>>>      o When you apply a patch to your repo, can you please assign it to
>>>        yourself in patchwork and set it to 'Awaiting Upstream'
>>>      o Reply to the ML with 'Applied to<repo>/<branch>'
>>>      o When you send a pull request, create a bundle with all the patches
>>>        that are to be pulled (you can create the bundle early and add
>>>        patches as you apply them)
>>>      o When Wolfgang pulls your repo, go to the bundle and mark all the
>>>        patches 'Accepted'
>>>
>>>   - If you are a patch submitter:
>>>      o Visit http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/
>>>      o Search for your patches by following the 'Filters'link and entering
>>>        your name
>>>      o Send and email (with 'patchwork' somewhere in the subject) to the ML
>>>        with a list of patches that you submitted say more than one month
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/135526/
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/135699/
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/135697/
>> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/135698/
>>
>> That's the list of patches sent in January, still no progress.
>>
>>>        ago. For each patch, please indicate if the patch is:
>>>          * Superseded - By another patch (either by you or someone else)
>>>          * Not Applicable - The patch can be ignored (was an RFC, was due
>>>            to a misunderstanding, another patch did the same thing, etc)
>>>          * Applied - Has been applied (state the repo and branch)
>>>          * Rejected - Patch has been officially rejected
>>>          * Waiting - You believe the patch is still valid but has not been
>>>            applied (send a ping as a reply to the patch on the mailing list
>>>            as well
>> I marked the patches as `awaiting upstream'.
>
>
> Awaiting upstream means that the patches have been applied already, and are waiting for Wolfgang's pull. I suspect this is not the case for your patches. If it is the case, then there's probably no need to mention it, as Wolfgang will eventually pull that tree.
>
Thanks for correction, I haven't found literally a state `Waiting' among options 
as it was recommended by Graeme, however I have to change it certainly.

Should it be `Under Review' or which state, if a patch is valid, but hasn't been 
applied yet?

--
Vladimir