Hi Stefano, On 23/09/11 20:04, Stefano Babic wrote: > On 09/23/2011 11:21 AM, Graeme Russ wrote:
> Maybe we have to start updating patchwork directly after sending our > answers to the ML to maintain the tool synchron. I was used to update > patchwork after answering several messages to the ML and, well, it is > common to forget to update some patches to the new status. It take more > time, but the only way that works with me is to update patchwork after > each answer, and not at the end... I must admit, as a sole developer/custodian, I really do not know how much work it is to update Patchwork in sync with the ML >> Well I have a few niggles with Patchwork: >> - It failed to see one patch in one of my multi-patch series >> - Even though I kept the 'in-reply-to' chain intact, it still has the >> individual versions of my console patches (it should just update the >> existing patch) >> - I cannot even find phylib: remove a couple of redundant code lines >> (submitted 06/09/11 by Vladimir Zapolskiy <v...@mleia.com>) > > I cannot see this patch on the mailing list, too. I can see a patch with > the same name submitted a day before at 05/09/11. And I can find it in > patchwork: > > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/113414/ Ah, I see now - it has been accepted. Silly me :) >>> Also any volunteers to help out. There are many areas where help >>> could be needed. >>> >>> - We need a new network custodian. >>> >>> - We could need some "trivial patch monkeys" that pick up trivial >>> patches (like cosmetic changes cleaning up coding style things etc., >>> documentation changes etc.) so I just can pull that stuff. >> >> Maybe the load can be spread here - maintainers can put these in designated >> branches in their repositories. I know this will cause the odd conflict, >> but we (the maintainers) could also periodically sync between each other. >> Another alternative is to create a new repo that all the custodians have >> access to... > > This makes things more complicated..... Probably true. But we really need to collect these little patches somehow - Wolfgang is just too busy and they fly right past him Regards, Graeme _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
