Re: management of large patches

On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> wrote:
> As for priority between those that *were* submitted earlier, and have
> been reworked (which is how the system is supposed to work), it's a
> lot harder. And TBH, I think we're going to have a problem getting all
> those done. But the question is - are all ready enough, or are a
> couple going to need the "returned with feedback" status *regardless*
> of if this is the last CF or not?

Well, that all depends on how much work people are willing to put into
reviewing and committing them, which I think is what we need to
determine. None of those patches are going to be as simple as "patch
-p1 < $F && git commit -a && git push". Having done a couple of these
now, I'd say that doing final review and commit of a patch of this
scope takes me ~20 hours of work, but it obviously varies a lot based
on how good the patch is to begin with and how much review has already
been done. So I guess the question is - who is willing to step up to
the plate, either as reviewer or as final reviewer/committer?

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