review tools (was Re: Code review required for commits - formal Team vote.)

[David Disseldorp]

On Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:53:19 -0400
Ira Cooper <ira at samba.org> wrote:

> Note: I don't care if it is Gerrit, or just a set of python scripts on
> sn that say "this e-mail topic is active... this one is being reviewed
> by x, this one is closed."
> 
> Nobody says this has to be complex.  It as complex as we want to make
> it, I explicitly stuck to giving requirements for a reason.  How to
> implement those requirements in a non-odious way is another topic. :)

I've used patchworks[1] in the past and can recommend it. It is non-
intrusive such that the ML remains authoritative, and people can ignore
it if they so choose.

Git + a mailing list should remain the only mandatory review tools IMO.

Cheers, David

1) http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork/