Hi, I'm proposing a new patch review process that will save time on code reviews and make the patch review process easier, with a one time setup cost.
I wrote a tool that will do 2 things - 1. Create a patch and upload it to an existing JIRA 2. Create/update reviewboard with the same patch and link it back to the JIRA 3. Update JIRA with a comment that points to the reviewboard To use this tool, you will need to go through a one-time setup cost of installing jira command line tools and reviewboard tools. The setup as well as usage is documented here <https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+patch+review+tool> I've created a rb <https://reviews.apache.org/r/14091/> as well as created a JIRA <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-1053> for this (yes, using the tool :)) So the proposed patch review process is - 1. Create a JIRA 2. Make code changes and commit to local branch 3. Use the patch review tool<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Kafka+patch+review+tool>that will update the JIRA with the patch and create/update the corresponding reviewboard Will be great if people can give this a spin and provide feedback on the new patch review process. Thanks, Neha
