On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 09:37:16AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > > On 02.12.2009, at 09:26, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 12:47:36PM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Could someone with commit rights please stand up to feel responsible for > >> PPC? > >> > >> Usually, when I send a patch to qemu-devel, I know who to address to > >> increase chances of it getting committed. For kvm/vnc/block I just CC > >> Anthony, for Audio I just CC malc, etc. > >> > >> There are some subsystems where nobody feels responsible though, > >> apparently hoping 'someone else' will tske on it. Well, turns out it > >> doesn't work that way. > >> > >> So could we please assign a committer for every subsystem around? Even > >> if the committer doesn't know the architecture inside out, it's still > >> valuable to have soneone feel responsible at all. Committer and > >> maintainer also don't have to be the same person. I'll gladly maintain > >> S390 without having commit rights - as long as I have someone to CC and > >> know the patches will get merged. > >> > > > > I also try to follow the ppc architecture, though less than mips and > > also depending on my free time. I know that Blue Swirl and Malc also > > care about it. > > Right - which makes it pretty hard. IMHO it's always best to have a single > person to talk to when it comes to committing and others who comment on > patches.
Some committers are not available for a long period of time. It also happens to me. > In fact, I even believe that the person committing stuff doesn't have to know > the stuff he commits. If I make a patch that breaks S390 and someone commits > it, it's my fault breaking it - not the committer's. If I do a patch breaking > PPC KVM, it's my fault breaking it, not the committer's. And with fault I > also mean "responsibility to fix". Experience has shown that it doesn't work like that. It happens the person writing the patches never provides a fix, and the committer receives the complains, and in fine fixes the commit. > > It's not impossible that I miss patches given the current patches rate > > on the mailing list, so don't hesitate to Cc: me. On the other hand, I > > don't really feel comfortable with KVM related patches, I would prefer > > to see them committed by Anthony. > > Avi, can I get PPC KVM patches in through you then? I guess you're the > closest person to the code in question. > If you an get your patches acked-by Avi, I am fine merging them. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net