On Mon, 2010-06-07 at 15:05 -0600, Jeff Law wrote: > On 06/07/10 14:31, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > > The gcc project currently has a problem: when people who are not > > regular gcc developers send in a patch, those patches often get > > dropped. They get dropped because they do not get reviewed, and they > > get dropped because after review they do not get committed. This > > discourages new developers and it means that the gcc project does not > > move as fast as it could. > > > > > So perhaps the thing to do is somehow separate patches from regular > contributors and irregular contributors. A relatively easy way to do > this would be for a regular contributor to include a keyword in their > message to gcc-patches to mark the thread as not needing 3rd party > tracking/pings.
I am not sure what does that mean in practice. I am only a write after approval contributor, so I cannot formally approve any patch (except perhaps to my MELT branch). However, I definitely can follow some patches (and I even do have an intern, Jeremie Salvucci, who did all the legal framework and wants to become a GCC contributor). It seems that perhaps you are suggesting a status in between reviewers & W.A.A. contributors. Cheers -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile<at>starynkevitch<dot>net mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faiencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions {are only mines, sont seulement les miennes} ***
