Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
On 25-May-20 4:22 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 25/05/2020 16:28, Burakov, Anatoly: On 25-May-20 1:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: sending patches over an email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien to mos

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Jerin Jacob
On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 8:52 PM Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 25/05/2020 16:28, Burakov, Anatoly: > > On 25-May-20 1:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: > > >> 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: > > >>> sending patches over an > > >>> email as opposed to a well-integrated

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Thomas Monjalon
25/05/2020 16:28, Burakov, Anatoly: > On 25-May-20 1:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: > >> 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: > >>> sending patches over an > >>> email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien > >>> to most people that it defin

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Wiles, Keith
> On May 25, 2020, at 9:28 AM, Burakov, Anatoly > wrote: > > On 25-May-20 1:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >> 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: >>> 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: sending patches over an email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien to mo

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Wiles, Keith
> On May 25, 2020, at 7:53 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: >> 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: >>> sending patches over an >>> email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien >>> to most people that it definitely does discourage new contrib

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
On 25-May-20 1:53 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: 25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: sending patches over an email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien to most people that it definitely does discourage new contributions. I understand the ad

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Thomas Monjalon
25/05/2020 13:58, Jerin Jacob: > 25/05/2020 11:34, Morten Brørup: > > sending patches over an > > email as opposed to a well-integrated web interface workflow is so alien > > to most people that it definitely does discourage new contributions. > > > > I understand the advantages of mailing lists (v

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Jerin Jacob
> I would add a third area: the process itself is arcane and inaccessible. > The current consensus among the community seems to be that IRC + mailing > list are "the most accessible" because "everyone has email" and "getting > on IRC is easy". > > However, the truth is, they aren't "accessible", th

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Burakov, Anatoly
On 25-May-20 10:34 AM, Morten Brørup wrote: Dear DPDK Techboard, I am writing this to raise awareness about the environment for contributing to DPDK, as I feel that it could be improved. This is not a personal thing - I have thick skin - but a general observation. I urge the DPDK Techboard to

Re: [dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Jerin Jacob
> > Here are a couple of anonymous examples from the mailing list: > > An infrequent contributor got minor coding style suggestions to a patch, > although the coding style was similar to that of a closely related function > in the same library, but not perfectly matching the official coding style

[dpdk-dev] Consider improving the DPDK contribution processes

2020-05-25 Thread Morten Brørup
Dear DPDK Techboard, I am writing this to raise awareness about the environment for contributing to DPDK, as I feel that it could be improved. This is not a personal thing - I have thick skin - but a general observation. I urge the DPDK Techboard to spend some time to focus on the process, and