Code review required for commits - Discuss.

Andrew Bartlett abartlet at samba.org
Fri Oct 12 01:18:38 MDT 2012


On Fri, 2012-10-12 at 08:56 +0200, Michael Adam wrote:
> On 2012-10-12 at 08:43 +0200, Volker Lendecke wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 04:07:34PM -0700, Jeremy Allison wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 06:54:50PM -0400, Ira Cooper wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I think Matthieu has a point here, and it is important.  Timely review
> > > > is going to be key.
> > > > 
> > > > And I'm going to amend myself:  If there is code that has sat for 3
> > > > business days, the author/sponsor may push.  A simple flag for review
> > > > will buy time to do the review on complex code.  Use your brain.  But
> > > > if there are no flags... that is consent from "samba-technical".
> > > 
> > > I'm ok with that. If someone ignores a patch on samba-technical for
> > > 3 days without even saying "I want to review this" then it's probably
> > > good to go.
> > 
> > Just for my understanding (lots of mails to read...): Does
> > this mean that if I ask someone for review and I get no
> > response whatsoever, I am free to push it without review? Or
> > do I have to get someone else to review it?
> 
> My feeling is that 3 days might not be enough.
> I think we could do the following:
> 
> * sending a patch to samba-technical with request for review
>   is the call for review to everyone.
> * if there is no reaction, author should ping again after 2-3
>   days (workdays).
> * I would give a free push pass not earlier then 1 week after
>   requesting review
> 
> Generally, it should work out in not more than 2-3 days of course.

As Ira said before, and I tend to agree with him on this much, if nobody
is interested after 3 business days, then nobody is interested.
Stretching this process out for a week is only going to cause
aggravation for no additional benefit. 

Andrew Bartlett

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