On Tuesday, January 08, 2013 02:57:53 PM Sam Weinig wrote: > Hello webkit-dev, > > We are making some changes to the development process for WebKit2. These > changes were announced to reviewers in advance, and I'd like to share them > with you now. > > WebKit2 has a core set of functionality that is valuable to all ports, and > then aspects that are only of limited/specialized interest. It is becoming > increasingly difficult to improve and advance the core functionality while > maintaining the more peripheral aspects. In addition, changes to the core > often require significant expertise to evaluate, for instance to ensure > that the security and responsiveness goals of WebKit2 are met. > > The changes are: > > 1) WebKit2 now has owners. Only owners should review WebKit2 patches. While > we do not want to apply this concept across the whole WebKit project at > this time, for WebKit2 it is appropriate. The list of owners is documented > in the Owners file at the WebKit2 top level directory, and in > committers.py.
I think the fact that the regular WebKit review process stops at the boundary of WebKit2 should be documented in the WebKit Committers and Reviewer Policy. Simon _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo/webkit-dev
