Re: RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-03-03 Thread Keith Packard
Alan Coopersmith writes: > There did seem to be a few more complaints in this release cycle about > patches/pulls just getting lost though - I had at least one that didn't > make it in, though Peter has pulled to his -next branch, and I saw others > saying theirs were missed too. Was there a pr

Re: RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-03-03 Thread Peter Hutterer
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 01:58:15AM -0800, Keith Packard wrote: > Peter Hutterer writes: > > > This has worked reasonably well since we started for server 1.8. If > > nothing else, it has made git master a lot more reliable. However, Keith > > is the bottleneck to get anything into master. The d

Re: RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-03-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 02/28/13 01:58 AM, Keith Packard wrote: > Peter Hutterer writes: > >> This has worked reasonably well since we started for server 1.8. If >> nothing else, it has made git master a lot more reliable. However, Keith >> is the bottleneck to get anything into master. The delay to get a pull >>

Re: RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-02-28 Thread Keith Packard
Peter Hutterer writes: > This has worked reasonably well since we started for server 1.8. If > nothing else, it has made git master a lot more reliable. However, Keith > is the bottleneck to get anything into master. The delay to get a pull > request merged has been quite random, depending on

Re: RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-02-27 Thread Jamey Sharp
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 09:06:07AM +1000, Peter Hutterer wrote: > * leave the current window of 3/2/1-ish months for the different > devel stages > * leave the requirement for a reviewed-by > * one RM, calling the shots for when releases are made and generally > being the reviewer of last resort an

RFC: xserver commit process changes

2013-02-27 Thread Peter Hutterer
airlied brought this up in another thread [1], but I think this warrants a separate, more visible topic. The current xserver development process can be summarised as: * patches must be on the list and get a reviewed-by * pull request to Keith [2] (or direct CC) * Keith is the only one to push to