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Re: patch review time
- From: Nick Roberts <nickrob at snap dot net dot nz>
- To: Bob Rossi <bob at brasko dot net>
- Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, gdb at sources dot redhat dot com,cagney at redhat dot com, ezannoni at redhat dot com, fnasser at redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 09:32:40 +1300
- Subject: Re: patch review time
> BTW, 2 of the MI MAINTAINERS completely do *nothing*. They don't respond
> to Emails, they don't review patches, and as far as I can tell, do
> nothing behind the scene.
> Shouldn't they be removed from this position, since, IMO, they are *not*
> maintaining the code. I think having 3 maintainers under the section
> mi (gdb/mi) Andrew Cagney cagney@redhat.com
> Elena Zannoni ezannoni@redhat.com
> Fernando Nasser fnasser@redhat.com
> is misleading. Since Andrew is the *only* one I can tell is maintaining
> code for MI, even if it's not at the speed that I desire.
Hang on. Let's be pragmatic. How will things get *better* if they are removed.
They are the original authors and know the code better than the rest of us.
We don't know what their committments/current interests are. At the moment,
they might contribute at some time in the future. If they are removed then
presumably they won't.
Bob, you're not the only one whose e-mails go ignored. Answering questions,
reviewing patches takes up time. Unpaid time. If my e-mail is unanswered, it
tells me something: either people aren't interested or they are too busy.
Sometimes I let it go, sometimes I realise it was a stupid question, and
sometimes I send another e-mail and try to add something to get a reply.
It only makes sense to remove people from MAINTAINERS if some-one else is
stepping forward with the enough expertise and enthusiasm. Right know,
with MI, AFAIK they aren't. Shit happens.
Nick