Re: [Qemu-devel] Unclear committer situation

[Alexander Graf]

On 02.12.2009, at 09:26, Aurelien Jarno wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 12:47:36PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Could someone with commit rights please stand up to feel responsible for 
>> PPC?
>> 
>> Usually, when I send a patch to qemu-devel, I know who to address to  
>> increase chances of it getting committed. For kvm/vnc/block I just CC  
>> Anthony, for Audio I just CC malc, etc.
>> 
>> There are some subsystems where nobody feels responsible though,  
>> apparently hoping 'someone else' will tske on it. Well, turns out it  
>> doesn't work that way.
>> 
>> So could we please assign a committer for every subsystem around? Even  
>> if the committer doesn't know the architecture inside out, it's still  
>> valuable to have soneone feel responsible at all. Committer and  
>> maintainer also don't have to be the same person. I'll gladly maintain  
>> S390 without having commit rights - as long as I have someone to CC and 
>> know the patches will get merged.
>> 
> 
> I also try to follow the ppc architecture, though less than mips and
> also depending on my free time. I know that Blue Swirl and Malc also
> care about it.

Right - which makes it pretty hard. IMHO it's always best to have a single 
person to talk to when it comes to committing and others who comment on patches.

In fact, I even believe that the person committing stuff doesn't have to know 
the stuff he commits. If I make a patch that breaks S390 and someone commits 
it, it's my fault breaking it - not the committer's. If I do a patch breaking 
PPC KVM, it's my fault breaking it, not the committer's. And with fault I also 
mean "responsibility to fix".

> It's not impossible that I miss patches given the current patches rate
> on the mailing list, so don't hesitate to Cc: me. On the other hand, I
> don't really feel comfortable with KVM related patches, I would prefer
> to see them committed by Anthony.

Avi, can I get PPC KVM patches in through you then? I guess you're the closest 
person to the code in question.

Alex