2015-10-21 11:48, Panu Matilainen: > On 10/21/2015 11:25 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 2015-10-20 21:34, Stephen Hemminger: > >> Patch backlog is not getting better, now at 486. > >> > >> How can we break this logjam? > >> Do I need to make a new "ready for merge" tree? > > > > What would mean "ready for merge"? > > A lot of patches are acked but do not compile or doc is missing. > > Well, isn't that one quite reasonable definition of being "ready"? > - patch must be acked > - patch must apply and compile (when relevant) > - is appropriately documented (commit message style and all)
Yes. Compilation must be tested with GCC and clang, as static and shared libraries and for 32-bit and 64-bit targets. Documented means good commit message and doc or release notes updated.