Re: Apology, and the patch review process

Eli Zaretskii
2001-06-13T08:59:00Z

On Wed, 13 Jun 2001, Jim Blandy wrote:

> I understand that the patch review process is losing --- perhaps
> symbol table patches have fared worse than patches to other areas.
> I'd honestly welcome constructive suggestions for how to improve this.

I don't have any magic wand to offer, but one way to improve things is to
(1) reply to posted patches quickly, even if the reply just says ``noted,
will get to it soon''; and (2) review large patches in small chunks and
publish any requests to modify the reviewed parts as soon as you can say
something useful. That still leaves the more general design issues that
cannot be reviewed without allocating significant time, but at least it
gets the minor boring issues such as formatting, ChangeLog entries, etc.
out of your way.