From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 834 invoked by alias); 4 Mar 2005 15:36:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 693 invoked from network); 4 Mar 2005 15:36:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakermmtao11.cox.net) (68.230.240.28) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 4 Mar 2005 15:36:36 -0000 Received: from white ([68.9.64.121]) by lakermmtao11.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP id <20050304153631.SAMM29670.lakermmtao11.cox.net@white>; Fri, 4 Mar 2005 10:36:31 -0500 Received: from bob by white with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1D7Eqw-0000ih-00; Fri, 04 Mar 2005 10:36:34 -0500 Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:36:00 -0000 From: 'Bob Rossi' To: Dave Korn Cc: 'Eli Zaretskii' , gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: patch review time Message-ID: <20050304153634.GB2419@white> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Korn , 'Eli Zaretskii' , gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <20050304142600.GA2419@white> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-SW-Source: 2005-03/txt/msg00037.txt.bz2 On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:58:45PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote: > ----Original Message---- > >From: Bob Rossi > >Sent: 04 March 2005 14:26 > > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 09:33:25AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >>> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:00:22 -0500 > >>> From: Bob Rossi > >>> > >>> I understand that people are busy, which is the very reason my patches > >>> take so long to create. However, from my perspective it simply takes to > >>> long, to get patch reviews done, except of course doco reviews from Eli > >>> :). > >> > >> I think I generally review all patches within my responsibility and/or > >> area of expertise with the same speed, not only the doco ones. > > > > I think you are missing the point here Eli. As an outsider of the GDB > > project I am complaining that I can't make a significant contribution to > > GDB because of patch review time. > > > Bob, perhaps it would help if you posted links to any outstanding patches > for which you are awaiting review? This isn't about a specific patch, it's about the fact that if it take's 1-2 weeks per patch, there is no way I can get in a large amount of code. For example, I want to convert the MI testsuite to have the inferior use a separate pty. I would then like to add a syntax checker to make sure the output of the MI is correct. After that, I would like to create Tcl data structures that allow the testsuite to do semantic analysis on the data. I would like to contribute even more after this ... The problem is, I could submit 3-4 large patches, but GDB for obvious reasons won't accept such patches until they are broken down into multiple small patches. If it takes 1-2 weeks for each of these small patches, that means realistically, it will take months to possibly a year to get all of the work I want to get done, done. If you really must see some patches in waiting, http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-01/msg00024.html http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-02/msg00248.html Also, This isn't about what I have waiting now either, it's about the fact that I usually wait anywhere from between 1 week (unusual) to several months. Bob Rossi