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

[Avi Kivity]

On 03/13/2012 04:49 PM, Andreas Färber wrote:
> > 
> > Not at all.  I have a memory/core branch and a memory/urgent branch --
> > it's trivial to maintain them with git, and quite often I send a 1-patch
> > pull request.  There's no material difference between sending a patch
> > and sending a pull request (except if you use git.kernel.org, ugh), and
> > it does guarantee you priority handing.
>
> Actually there is: A trivial fix can be sent with a one-liner:
>
> $ git send-email HEAD^

Hey, I didn't know about this.  Thanks.

> whereas there is no matching command for sending a pull request. You
> need to manage your own scripts that place git-pull-request output into
> the cover letter. (And quite obviously you need a publicly available git
> repository in the first place. Most of us do by now.)

Implied by being a maintainer.

So yes, it takes a little more effort to send a pull request.  But it's
still pretty easy.

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