Re: Formatting Curmudgeons WAS: MMAP Buffers

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On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 11:39:47AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:

[...]

> Review of design concepts and WIP patches has *always* been a problem
> for this project [...]

> We tell people to submit a design concept, but then such submissions are
> often ignored.  When they're not ignored, they often are subject to
> either extreme bikeshedding or a lot of negativity around things the
> author hasn't implemented yet ... even if the author warns that they're
> not implemented.

I'm not a committer. So take this data point for what it's worth. But I
have been following this list for quite a while, and I must say: I (very
respectfully!) disagree. Having  watched mailing lists for other
projects, the quality of the answers one gets here is outstanding. The
tone might be sometimes a bit tight (but never disrespectful or
flaming), but seriously: what do I get off a friendly answer if there is
no content?

The same goes to -GENERAL. I've always got answers to my (sometimes, in
hindsight quite stupid) questions which actually *helped* to solve my
problem.

It's OK to strive to improve the process, but I think you all are quite
good.

[...]

> So in the spirit of NOT reinventing the wheel: ReviewBoard.  Yes,
> really [...]
> [...]  But I think it's time to try something else, maybe
> several other things.

Maybe. But I *do* understand the unwillingness to change that. I've
contributed (tiny) patches to more that one project, and it's
frustrating to fight the bug-tracker-du-jour system. This one won't talk
to me unless my browser talks Javascript. That one... (you get the
idea). I strongly appreciate the free-flowing mailing list style here
(maybe it's just an age problem ;-)

Regards
- -- tomás
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