[Qemu-devel] Re: commit rules for common git tree

[Blue Swirl]

On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'd like to discuss two questions related to changes that
> are committed to the shared tree.
> 1. A lot of patches are committed without being posted
>   to the list first, thus they go in without review.
>   Why is this good? Can this be addressed?

Good or bad, this has always been the workflow.

> 2. When a change is committed to the tree, often no notification is sent
>   to the author.
>   Why is it a good idea to ask everyone to subscribe to qemu commits
>   list as well? Can 'applied thanks' mail be sent to patch authors?

In the good old times, CVS commit messages went also to qemu-devel
list. That may no longer be technically possible or even desirable
because of the volume. I think qemu-commits sends the message to the
qemu-commits list and the author, so the 'applied, thanks' shouldn't
be needed if the list worked reliably.