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Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!
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Alexander Graf |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!! |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:04:39 +0100 |
Am 13.03.2012 um 02:39 schrieb Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>:
> On 03/12/2012 08:23 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>>
>> Let's take a real world example from Linux here. 3.3-rc5 had a pretty nasty
>> compile bug that made the build break on any 32 bit target when autofs was
>> activated. I posted the bug plus a small bugfix upstream.
>
> We have a different model than Linux. The development tree is only open for
> a short period of time followed by RCs.
>
> Our development tree is open for a long time. There isn't as great a sense
> of urgency to fix things out-of-band when you're talking about an active
> development cycle. If we were in -rc, it'd be a completely different
> discussion.
>
> Really, the issue here is communication. The default assumption is that a
> subsystem is owned by the subsystem maintainer. If you want a patch to go
> through another channel, just say so. It happens constantly. It's very
> normal for people to ask me to apply a patch directly instead of doing a PULL
> request.
>
> But honestly, if we made a habit of cherry picking patches in areas with an
> active maintainer, we would now be talking about how we don't respect
> subsystems.
Yeah, we probably will never get the perfect model that fits everyone. Let's
just try, give our best and move on ;).
Alex
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, (continued)
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Stefan Weil, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Andreas Färber, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Alexander Graf, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Andreas Färber, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Alexander Graf, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!,
Alexander Graf <=
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/12
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Super Bisquit, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Blue Swirl, 2012/03/14
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Peter Maydell, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Avi Kivity, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Peter Maydell, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Avi Kivity, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Anthony Liguori, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Alexander Graf, 2012/03/13
- Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!, Peter Maydell, 2012/03/13