Re: Commitfest problems

On 12/16/2014 08:48 AM, Mike Blackwell wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland
> <mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk <mailto:mark.cave-ayland@ilande.co.uk>>wrote:
>
>
>     Well as I mentioned in my last email, practically all developers will
>     rebase and run "make check" on their patched tree before submitting to
>     the list.
>
>
> ​Even when this is true, and with people new to the project submitting
> patches
> I'm not sure it can be assumed, time passes and things can change between
> submission​ and review.  I've seen a fair number of "Needs rebase" comments
> on patches, through no fault of the original submitter.

This really should be taken care of by automation.  Magnus's new system
will be a significant step forwards on enabling that.

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