Re: gnu-patches back log

[Catonano <catonano@gmail.com>]

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2017-03-07 13:09 GMT+01:00 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>:

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> Catonano <catonano@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Wrapping up, I think 2 interesting ideas popped up in this thread
> >
> > One is the automation of building of new packages patches
>
> I wouldn’t know how to set this up.  Hydra isn’t powerful enough for our
> *current* purposes, so I wouldn’t want to increase the load at this
> point.
>

Ok :-)


>
> > Another one is the weekly report about pending patches and merged
> >patches
>
> I’d rather not have a weekly report (I get enough email through the
> various Guix mailing lists already).  The debbugs interface shows all
> open patches already.  (We should get more people to use guix-patches
> instead of guix-devel, though.)
>

Ok ! This is also what Ludo is proposing


>
> Other than that I’d like to second everything Leo has written.
>

Sure ! I didn't mean to put off anyone's work !

If that was your impression I apologize, I gave the wrong impression !

I agree with Pjotr that obviously it would be nice to have faster/more
> reviews/mentoring.  That’s something everybody can help with, even if it
> is just a matter of reviewing licenses or trying to build or run the
> package.  But this all falls apart under stress (speaking from
> experience here), so it’s best not to force it.
>

I reviewed one patch only so far, so I take your word for it

I am gearing up with a viable email service and soon I'll be able to use
the Emacs-Debbugs thing to its full potential ;-)

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