Enough of this coder-mance. Bang out the reviews already!!! :p

On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Prasanna Santhanam <t...@apache.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 03:37:43AM +0530, Chiradeep Vittal wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 2/14/13 1:43 AM, "Prasanna Santhanam" <t...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Personally I'm okay with either tool. IMO the real issue is in people
> > >reviewing a patch within time for a release. On the review I've cited
> > >we've got a lot of things to learn from -
> > >
> > >a) timely response from blueprint (FS) owners and/or asking for time
> > >for a thorough review
> > >b) sign-off from multiple committers
> > >c) incremental patch sets
> > >
> >
> > I do feel that 'enough' committers problem highlighted by Pranav is a
> real
> > problem with the Gerrit workflow. But if the contributor asks for
> multiple
> > reviews then Gerrit is better than RB. In RB it is not clear when the
> > patch is ready for commit since it is not clear which of the previous
> > comments have been addressed.
>
> True - for core components with single owners it might be hard but
> even a smoke test pass can be considered a review. Contributors
> can (and should?) review code, so their review counts as well. And
> that's been happening on RB which is a good sign. On the OS lists
> (*hates taking the same example*) committers are also chosen based on
> good code review. You don't have to push code necessarily. If there is
> a component you've been aiming to contribute to, one can review
> patches coming in that area.
>
> In summary while it may be true that gerrit outweighs the features
> when it comes to managing patch workflow with git - we will together
> as a community have to promote that good culture for stronger reviews.
>
> As Ahmad would put it - 'Nuff said, Let's do it!
>
> --
> Prasanna.,
>

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