Re: [RFC] Enabling GitLab CI

[James]

On 21/05/2020 12:02, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> so a next step might be making the countdown process more
> continuous.

What does that mean - even conceptually?

The countdown is specifically to allow everyone some time to breathe and 
digest patches submitted without the fear of having to be always-on and 
missing anything. I understand the 'jam' on countdown days, but honestly 
how is having a countdown every day (or continuously) going to change that?

I think this was touched on before, when you came back into the 
development group didn't seem to get the point of what my role was for 
in regard to countdowns.

I know that other developers have been frustrated with the countdown as 
well (at least at first) and while I appreciate that not all patches 
need that much of a review, it has been evident even in these these last 
few weeks that some things you have felt trivial or self-evident has 
lead to much discussion and debate.

Also note that I currently do a 2 day countdown now (mainly because I 
have the scope working from home), the original idea of the countdown 
was for 4 days as that was felt to give enough time for everyone to see 
a submitted patch AND give it consideration AND continue to develop at 
the same time. We have more devlopers and many more patches than then 
and we're alreadyt working on a shorter countdown.

So please remember the point of countdown, it's a deliberate braking 
system to stop rushing things through that some might want to care 
about. That doesn't mean I need to do it, but neither does it mean we 
need 'continuous' countdown (whatever that means).

Thanks.

James