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

[Alexander Graf]

Am 13.03.2012 um 02:39 schrieb Anthony Liguori <address@hidden>:

> 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.

Yeah, we probably will never get the perfect model that fits everyone. Let's 
just try, give our best and move on ;).


Alex