Encouraging patch reviewers

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 11:42:48AM -0700, Stan Shebs wrote:
> At the GCC summit we discussed patch review a bit, and one of the  
> thoughts was that people who are not official maintainers of anything  
> will often study a posted patch, and get a good idea of whether it's  
> desirable, needs fixes, etc, but then maybe don't say anything because it 
> won't be an "official" opinion. But it really does help to post such  
> reviews, and quite likely a maintainer will simply rubberstamp it, saving 
> time all around. So speaking up really helps, but in looking at  
> gdb/MAINTAINERS I don't see anything that explicitly encourages people to 
> post their own reviews - it just says "anyone [...] may suggest changes or 
> ask questions". Does anybody think we need stronger phrasing here, and if 
> so, how should it read?

I'd be happy with something stronger.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery