Re: gnu-patches back log

[Catonano]

2017-03-01 17:07 GMT+01:00 Pjotr Prins <address@hidden>:

On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:51:14AM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 02:45:51PM +0000, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> > OK. I was not planning to badger ;). Sometimes describing a problem
> > can be valuable.  Feel free to ignore.  We all have different itches
> > to scratch.  I'll shut up again.
>
> Okay, I really don't want you to shut up. As you say, we all have our
> own itches to scratch (my phrase is "motivation is not fungible"), and
> Guix should try to make use of everyone's energy.
>
> But I got the impression (probably mistaken) that you felt the
> committers / reviewers were choosing to spurn contributions, and it
> really bothered me. Like I said, many of us are giving as much time and
> energy as we can.

Yes, I don't think anyone is ducking responsibilities or work. I have
a huge appreciation for what everyone here is doing. Maybe I should
have been clearer. Even a one-line commit is a great contribution. And
then there are people who put thousands of lines in. It is awesome.
And then there are people contributing documentation. This is a
massive project in almost all dimensions.

Even so, packaging is no rocket science and it scales with people
contributing.  That is my starting point.

Pj.

Wrapping up, I think 2 interesting ideas popped up in this thread

One is the automation of building of new packages patches

Another one is the weekly report about pending patches and merged patches

Both these things could be done and I think both could be useful