On 21/05/2020 12:02, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
so a next step might be making the countdown process more
continuous.
What does that mean - even conceptually?
The countdown is specifically to allow everyone some time to breathe and
digest patches submitted without the fear of having to be always-on and
missing anything. I understand the 'jam' on countdown days, but honestly
how is having a countdown every day (or continuously) going to change that?
I think this was touched on before, when you came back into the
development group didn't seem to get the point of what my role was for
in regard to countdowns.
I know that other developers have been frustrated with the countdown as
well (at least at first) and while I appreciate that not all patches
need that much of a review, it has been evident even in these these last
few weeks that some things you have felt trivial or self-evident has
lead to much discussion and debate.
Also note that I currently do a 2 day countdown now (mainly because I
have the scope working from home), the original idea of the countdown
was for 4 days as that was felt to give enough time for everyone to see
a submitted patch AND give it consideration AND continue to develop at
the same time. We have more devlopers and many more patches than then
and we're alreadyt working on a shorter countdown.
So please remember the point of countdown, it's a deliberate braking
system to stop rushing things through that some might want to care
about. That doesn't mean I need to do it, but neither does it mean we
need 'continuous' countdown (whatever that means).
Thanks.
James
