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From: "Clément Lassieur" <clement@lassieur.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Cc: 66436@debbugs.gnu.org, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: [bug#66436] [PATCH v2] doc: Add some guidelines for reviewing.
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 22:03:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87il6ybf27.fsf@lassieur.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r0logap6.fsf@gmail.com> (Maxim Cournoyer's message of "Fri, 20 Oct 2023 19:01:41 -0400")

Hi Maxim,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

>> 1. What should the reviewer do with old-style patches, like the ones
>>    that don't use G-Expressions?  Should we tell the submitter to use
>>    them when possible or is it only a matter of style that is up to the
>>    submitter?  Obviously they are hard to grasp for newcomers.
>>
>>    It's probably good for newcomers if we teach them how to use
>>    G-Expressions but we don't really have time to do so, given the
>>    number of patches waiting to be reviewed.
>>
>>    This question could be extended to style issues.  Like using %var
>>    versus var.
>
> I think we should now make sure all new submissions use the current
> style; if they aren't we can demand of the contributors to adjust it.
> There is a blog post and enough examples in the code base already that
> should make this not too difficult.

Are you referring to this one?
https://guix.gnu.org/en/blog/2023/dissecting-guix-part-3-g-expressions/

>> 2. What should the reviewer do when only small changes are required?
>>    The reviewer could do these changes in seconds whereas asking for a
>>    new revision could take days.  These changes could be indentation
>>    fixes, removing of unused code, but they could also be more
>>    substantial, like adding a missing `file-name` field.  Or changing
>>    old-style to G-Expressions?
>>
>>    If the reviewer makes such changes and pushes them right away, I
>>    imagine they should be documented and explained.
>
> +Perhaps the biggest action you can do to help GNU Guix grow as a project
> +is to review the work contributed by others.  You do not need to be a
> +committer to do so; applying, reading the source, building, linting and
> +running other people's series and sharing your comments about your
> +experience will give some confidence to committers, and should result in
> +the proposed change being merged faster.
>
> So it does mention trying out the software ("running").

Yes indeed!  I didn't see it.

Thanks for your reply!
Clément




  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-22 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-10 12:54 [bug#66436] [PATCH] doc: Add some guidelines for reviewing Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-10 13:29 ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-10-11  0:24 ` [bug#66436] [PATCH v2] " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-15  9:55   ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2023-10-16 14:02     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-29 14:52       ` Josselin Poiret via Guix-patches via
2023-10-20  8:12   ` Clément Lassieur
2023-10-20 23:01     ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-22 20:03       ` Clément Lassieur [this message]
2023-10-23  1:55         ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-24  8:49       ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-24  8:59         ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-31 18:53           ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-31 19:03             ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-24 15:54   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-10-25 13:53     ` Simon Tournier
2023-10-12  2:48 ` [bug#66436] [PATCH 0/2] Add support for Git Large File Storage (LFS) Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-12  2:51   ` Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-31 20:25   ` [bug#66475] [PATCH v2 1/4] git-download: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-31 20:25     ` [bug#66475] [PATCH v2 2/4] gnu: mdds: Update to 2.1.1 Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-31 20:25     ` [bug#66475] [PATCH v2 3/4] gnu: ixion: Update to 0.19.0 Maxim Cournoyer
2023-10-31 20:25     ` [bug#66475] [PATCH v2 4/4] gnu: orcus: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-05 14:49     ` [bug#66475] [PATCH v2 1/4] git-download: Add support for Git Large File Storage (LFS) Ludovic Courtès
2023-11-07 16:17       ` bug#66475: " Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-01 19:23 ` [bug#66436] [PATCH v3] doc: Add some guidelines for reviewing Maxim Cournoyer
2023-11-05 14:51   ` Ludovic Courtès
2023-11-07 16:14     ` bug#66436: " Maxim Cournoyer

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