From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ng0 Subject: Re: Adopt a patch! Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 06:11:56 +0000 Message-ID: <20170920061156.ed6ybieloxxvvs42@abyayala> References: <877ex5d555.fsf@gnu.org> <4fecd5dd.AEQAQDR72NkAAAAAAAAAAAOzWv8AAAACwQwAAAAAAAW9WABZudnG@mailjet.com> <87d16pf5x5.fsf@gnu.org> <20170920052155.GA1294@thebird.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="xjad4m4z4pgwgd5q" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56952) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duYG0-00009c-I0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:13:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duYFw-0004yP-Cv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:13:12 -0400 Received: from aibo.runbox.com ([91.220.196.211]:35976) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1duYFw-0004Ts-62 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Sep 2017 02:13:08 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170920052155.GA1294@thebird.nl> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Pjotr Prins Cc: guix-devel --xjad4m4z4pgwgd5q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Pjotr Prins transcribed 1.4K bytes: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 07:52:32PM +0530, Arun Isaac wrote: > > Just thinking out loud: Maybe, we need more people with commit > > access. Theoretically, anyone can review a patch, but ultimately it is > > people with commit access who will have to finally apply and push the > > patch. As the rate of submission of patches grows, this increases the > > work load on those with commit access. >=20 > Yes. We do need to think of scaling up even if it is not perceived a > direct problem now. The faster the turn around, the better it is for > submitters and therefore the project. >=20 > I think if we agreed that NO one can push their own commits directly > into master/gnu/packages and expand the number of committers greatly > (anyone who has successfully submitted a non-trivial package without > real comment) we can ask more people to look over the patch list. It > ain't that hard. And if someone misbehaves just revert on commit > access. >=20 > Some people may turn out to be very active when they get the chance. >=20 > Take a look at C4.1. Another Guix hacker pointed me to it about a year > ago. There are some solid ideas here: >=20 > http://hintjens.com/blog:93 >=20 > I agree with Hintjens (who was btw one of the original FOSDEM > organizers) that the more dynamic a project becomes the more > contributions it will attract. >=20 > Keep experimenting - we can always revert on ideas. That is my motto. >=20 > Pj. >=20 > PS debbugs was a great step forward already. Personally among other ideas I already follow, I like the approach the Linux project has: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DKJ9Y0midtW4&feature=3Dyoutu.be http://blog.ffwll.ch/2017/01/maintainers-dont-scale.html http://blog.ffwll.ch/slides/lca-2017.pdf https://www.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/57/ There's also some interesting links in there aswell. There are some more recent post of this maintainer at http://blog.ffwll.ch/ --=20 ng0 GnuPG: A88C8ADD129828D7EAC02E52E22F9BBFEE348588 GnuPG: https://krosos.org/dist/keys/ https://www.infotropique.org https://www.krosos.org --xjad4m4z4pgwgd5q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEEqIyK3RKYKNfqwC5S4i+bv+40hYgFAlnCBqwACgkQ4i+bv+40 hYgthQ//XLENjbflj6FTn0I+YqPIjPkCdJh/u/UHYIAH1wfdtLsdk05drkDb00ZR Wbyk0aE4JTULH3bOCc9h5O5oXpl3tGGOpzTTV2pBXU3Jty2rRYaxzxZ0S6jrNcDw LK7XepiLOGM1qWHdkJs3eh8h7pcyJ4dJQqf8mrpG5nhTHEx9Q19r81ENiREUdG8J xLN1Ia7+OpiRkG65RKj4f1tQyesUc5ujG+OfYDHLsXR7dMOLo3YEkNVDEp85apAn Tbfr7fbegfpMGL7UYyN8Y1+1o66AsWsiFm/MLqykRsn9z2DoFRHcnXFO6jgiLPPS iMt9tCKoBWbUc/QhznQA5/8N9YWgxdJ15YAf1OKJ4792K7/s3N9caRwn5mdykq7S rUU8/itm6ujug9fntky3qgxshYtT8KcTPJ5G+sXXpZ/dTea7+sYZ6WXLgMq5KpbL 8irDEB6ulprDRIGHQDe9FZFiH7kqo8b6yX9zaVXGooKa0PXxA92pC6ncyZ5jOWrb JthaKmEZKRfotjmyH1Fl1Lod39zLQfLRR8taurIr8qHicwJILndtGYqLjp3WP1ih JkNjRqHxzLz3EThgU7MHdOqgZy+d9YK5s3a81jqbSeKORZ1bTfLGIaN7RNv+vkUU H73P+EXaEyoSB9jtrzESZqAFf+K1VbboqYYB3bIibw9bMtsEjCI= =Pabe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --xjad4m4z4pgwgd5q--