From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Duskett Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 13:11:03 -0700 Subject: [Buildroot] More maintainers In-Reply-To: <638a9bc4-197f-931e-0795-2605ff734291@mind.be> References: <20200827223956.7cb87050@windsurf.home> <20200829095023.GC14354@scaer> <638a9bc4-197f-931e-0795-2605ff734291@mind.be> Message-ID: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Arnout; On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 1:08 PM Arnout Vandecappelle wrote: > > > > On 02/09/2020 19:53, Adam Duskett wrote: > > I have seen many patches reviewed by not only myself but other's for months. > > True. However, please consider that maybe the maintainers don't intentionally > ignore those patches. Even though in absolute terms maybe a lot of patches have > been reviewed, in relative terms it's not exactly great. Currently, for example, > 15 out of 400 patches in patchwork have a Reviewed-by tag. They simply slipped > through the cracks, because we tend to look at most recent patches first. > This ignores my other point which still stands. The maintainers historically always want to also review the patches individually, and thus demand the last word on all submitted patches. This process makes it pointless for anybody but maintainers to review patches because the reviewers feel outright ignored. > Regards, > Arnout > > > If the current maintainers want to have the last word, then there is > > no incentive for > > non-maintainers to review patches, as it is seen as a waste of time.