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Re: Pinging patches


n Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Joseph S. Myers <joseph@codesourcery.com> wrote:
> Although we should try to review all patches reasonably promptly,
> inevitably sometimes patches may fall through the cracks with each person
> reading the patch not being particularly confident in their expertise in
> the area or not having the time to review it then.
>
> Thus, I think the contribution checklist should advise contributors to
> ping (and keep pinging) any patch not reviewed within a week or so - and
> any readers with unreviewed patches should go ahead and ping them. ?This
> is in addition to the point discussed recently of filing a bug in Bugzilla
> if your patch fixes an unfiled bug, which should probably also go in the
> checklist. ?(It should perhaps also more generally be recommended to file
> a bug for any patch, including new features, that hasn't been reviewed
> reasonably promptly, to make sure it doesn't get lost.)

I agree.

Adjusted: sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Contribution checklist

* Added a "Buzilla" section.
* Added a "Ping and ping again" section.

Cheers,
Carlos.


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