Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 1 Oct 1998 10:14:46 +1000 (EST) | From | Nathan Hand <> | Subject | Re: Linus is on a powertrip.. |
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On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 12:46:27AM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > I think it would help matters all around if there were a web page somewhere > > listing pending patches and even as little as a one-line comment from you > > as to where they are in the integration process. It might even help you > > organize your own work better. > > This is what Wine uses: there's a public web page for patches, but > everything has to be accepted by the principal maintainer (Alexandre > Julliard) to get into the main release. > > Some of the subsystems are maintained by other designated maintainers, > who then submit patches to Alexandre. > > It seems to work quite well. I get the impression Wine is a much better > run project than it was a couple of years ago. > > The main tree is released on a regular fixed schedule, every two weeks > except when Alexandre takes a holiday. This may also help, I don't know > if it would help Linus to work that way.
The http://samba.anu.edu.au/linux-patches/ pages already do this, in a much finer way than the winehq pages, with an ability to have multiple levels of "patch acceptance", and they allow users to add notes.
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