From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21049 invoked by alias); 25 Nov 2005 21:03:04 -0000 Received: (qmail 21041 invoked by uid 22791); 25 Nov 2005 21:03:03 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from romy.inter.net.il (HELO romy.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.66) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:03:02 +0000 Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-66-246.inter.net.il [80.230.66.246]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id DBA09017 (AUTH halo1); Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:02:46 +0200 (IST) Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:38:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20051125204347.GA7107@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:43:47 -0500) Subject: Re: Maintainer policy for GDB Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20051123195558.GZ1635@adacore.com> <20051124171814.GI1635@adacore.com> <20051125030605.GA20073@nevyn.them.org> <20051125052810.GA23958@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20051125160454.GB29028@nevyn.them.org> <20051125204347.GA7107@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00567.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:43:47 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: gdb@sourceware.org > > > > Do you want to be the one to explain to all the latter group "no, > > > sorry, we can't look at your patch for three weeks"? > > > > I think there's a misunderstanding: 3 weeks was suggested as a > > _timeout_, i.e. an extreme value beyond which we behave as if the > > responsible maintainer were not there. It is not suggested as the > > _average_ value. If, several months from now, we see that the average > > delay is anywhere near 3 weeks, I will be the first one to suggest we > > do something about it. > > What are you suggesting doing with the current set of maintainers, > then? The fact remains that for most patch review, three weeks is > currently optimistic. If that is so, we will watch most of the current maintainers being politely asked to step down. When the last of them goes, you can then have your suggested approval procedure, since most areas will be left without RMs ;-)