From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=51695 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PiibH-0007bO-Vs for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:18:34 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiibF-0005To-JW for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:18:30 -0500 Received: from mail-gx0-f173.google.com ([209.85.161.173]:55656) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PiibF-0005Rz-Dc for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jan 2011 02:18:29 -0500 Received: by gxk28 with SMTP id 28so1067181gxk.4 for ; Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:18:29 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4D41ABFF.7050606@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <4D4124F2.7060407@gnu.org> <4D41ABFF.7050606@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:40:38 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Fwd: Proposal: Improving patch tracking and review using Rietveld From: Stefan Hajnoczi Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Paolo Bonzini , qemu-devel On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Anthony Liguori wrote: > Patchwork is a nice tool but I found a few issues with it that really > deterred me from using it: > > 1) it's all or nothing in terms of whether maintainers use it. =A0if ever= yone > isn't on top of keeping it clean, you end up with a terrible backlog > > 2) it doesn't understand patches series. =A0A 20 patch series gets applie= d all > at once, yet you have to update status for each patch. =A0That's annoying= . You shouldn't have to update patch status manually at all. If there is a manual step involved then it is unlikely that patchwork's view will ever stay in sync with the actual repository. Stefan