From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
To: Nicolas Graves via <help-guix@gnu.org>, help-guix@gnu.org
Cc: ngraves@ngraves.fr
Subject: Re: managing waiting patches
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2022 19:08:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86a678pjba.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a68lorw8.fsf@ngraves.fr>
Hi,
I am very late to the party. :-)
On Thu, 04 Aug 2022 at 00:59, Nicolas Graves via <help-guix@gnu.org> wrote:
> I've some patches waiting to be merged, and was thinking about how to
> deal with that. (I understand that maintainers are few and probably
> overworked, I'm not criticizing anyone.)
I sympathize.
> There are actually two problems in one :
>
> 1) how to manage and track series of patches one makes in his local repo
> copy.
[...]
> Is there a place I can find some best practices about managing series of
> patches (as a contributor), beyond implementing "The Perfect Setup"?
What I personally do. Either,
a) use “git worktree” and checkout a branch with my stuff
b) move my stuff to another folder and use the option --load-path
c) create a channel (I barely do that)
Usually, I do b) when I need to share the result when colleagues. I
find it easier/faster and less error-prone than via c) a channel (turn
on/off the channel at pull-time depending on the status of the series).
About a), I usually create a worktree (and a branch) for each series.
Once I get a Debbugs number, I sometimes rename this worktree and branch
to something like: patch-12345-julia-csv where julia-csv is a package
and the worktree contains all the required dependencies.
When I start another package, say julia-foo, depending on julia-csv, I
create another worktree (and branch) starting at the branch
patch-12345-julia-csv.
Doing so, just running plain ’ls’ shows me the situation; or ’y’ from
Emacs Magit.
> 2) how to get one's patches to pass.
>
> Another problematic I encounter is having to wait for a patch series to
> pass to send another one. Another example.
Well, if the review is slow, it is probably because committers are busy
elsewhere. :-)
When I feel frustrated, I open the bug tracker and dive in old bugs or
patches. Many are forgotten and triage can help to save some time to
others; which can be reallocated for merging new contributions. :-)
The aim of mentors is to have a better idea to whom could review and/or
commit. For instance, about some Python patches from May, it appears
reasonable to send a friendly ping and CC Lars or Hartmut.
Just to mention that some patches are easier to review than others.
Last, roam on #guix or #guix-hpc is sometimes helpful.
Thank you for your contributions and I hope this is motivating you in
helping for reviewing. :-)
Cheers,
simon
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-09 17:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-03 22:59 managing waiting patches Nicolas Graves via
2022-08-09 20:54 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-08-09 22:02 ` Nicolas Graves via
2022-09-05 19:45 ` Ludovic Courtès
2022-09-09 17:08 ` zimoun [this message]
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