So, that would imply not acting on patches unless a committer has an interest 
in it, right? If a patch poster wants action and isn't getting it he/she would 
need to post on @dev to find a champion.

-JZ

On Jun 3, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote:

> Speaking with my Apache Accumulo hat on:
> 
> Contributors will typically attach the patch to the corresponding Jira issue 
> or use review board [1]
> 
> The patch, ignoring very trivial changes, will typically hang around for a 
> while (probably due to the time until a committer has a moment to look at it 
> -- I like to think this gives everyone a chance to look at the changes to 
> give feedback despite us being a CTR [2] project). A committer who is 
> comfortable with the changes will typically be the "champion" behind it to 
> ensure it's up to snuff (matches code-style, no compiler warnings, works as 
> intended, has tests, etc), apply it, and merge it to any other branches as 
> necessary.
> 
> The only time a patch has come up for review/vote for us (as far as I 
> remember) is when the patch creates a controversial feature or there is 
> strong disagreement on the implementation of the changes.
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> [1] https://reviews.apache.org/dashboard/
> [2] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#CommitThenReview
> 
> On 06/03/2013 05:08 PM, Jordan Zimmerman wrote:
>> ZooKeeper auto-applies patches. It's nice in that it does a first pass 
>> validation automatically. It's worthwhile, IMO.
>> 
>> On this subject, what should our policy be on patches? Should we vote on 
>> every single one? How do other projects handle it?
>> 
>> -JZ
> 

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