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Re: Clean up state on patchwork


On 09/28/2015 07:00 PM, Joseph Myers wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Sep 2015, ricaljasan wrote:
> 
>> So now I'm curious: what does it take to be a qualified reviewer?  I see
>> quite a bit of information in:
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/HomePage#Development
>>
>> but it seems to be directed at contributors and maintainers.  Is
>> "reviewer" synonymous with "maintainer" in the current thread's context?

> Anyone can review patches,

I guess that goes without saying, seeing as how they're publicly
viewable.  ;)

> without needing to be a subsystem maintainer, 
> to have write access, or to have a copyright assignment.  If familiar with 
> glibc coding standards and patch requirements, and with a good 
> understanding of the limits of one's expertise and which sorts of changes 
> may require more thorough consideration, one's reviews may contribute to 
> the formation of consensus on patches, individually or together with 
> reviews from other people.

Gotcha.  A vote of confidence, at least, signifying somebody out there
looked at the damn thing.

> I'd still like to have more people become maintainers in particular areas 
> through working through and fixing open bugs in those areas, reviewing 
> patches others post and ultimately becoming sufficiently clearly expert in 
> those areas to get consensus for being listed as maintainers.  (Though we 
> also need people working through and fixing bugs and reviewing patches in 
> the catch-all "libc" area, which has more open bugs than any other 
> component, and is less suited to such maintainership.)

Glad to hear there's a way to work up from the bottom, without needing a
PhD, cuz I'm much more interested in helping glibc in the long-term than
chasing that paper.  I've got enough to read in my spare time, and more
still that I want to do.

Rical


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