Re: [Qemu-devel] We need more reviewers/maintainers!!

[Anthony Liguori]

On 03/12/2012 08:23 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> Let's take a real world example from Linux here. 3.3-rc5 had a pretty nasty 
> compile bug that made the build break on any 32 bit target when autofs was 
> activated. I posted the bug plus a small bugfix upstream.

We have a different model than Linux.  The development tree is only open for a 
short period of time followed by RCs.

Our development tree is open for a long time.  There isn't as great a sense of 
urgency to fix things out-of-band when you're talking about an active 
development cycle.  If we were in -rc, it'd be a completely different discussion.

Really, the issue here is communication.  The default assumption is that a 
subsystem is owned by the subsystem maintainer.  If you want a patch to go 
through another channel, just say so.  It happens constantly.  It's very normal 
for people to ask me to apply a patch directly instead of doing a PULL request.

But honestly, if we made a habit of cherry picking patches in areas with an 
active maintainer, we would now be talking about how we don't respect subsystems.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori