Messages in this thread | | | From | Al Boldi <> | Subject | Re: How to improve the quality of the kernel? | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:41:28 +0300 |
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Adrian Bunk wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 06:26:20AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > We are talking about _tracking_. > > > > > > I'm not sure whether it makes much sense, and it would cost an > > > enormous amount of time, but tracking patches should be possible > > > without any knowledge of the kernel. > > > > If that's really true, which I can't imagine, then the proper way > > forward would probably involve a fully automated system. > > If you consider any kind of patch tracking valuable, you should either > do it yourself or write the tool yourself. In both cases, the > interesting parts would be how to integrate it into the workflow of > kernel development without creating extra work for anyone and how to get > the information into the got commits.
Integration is the easy part, really. Just filter all the patches from the mailing list into a patch-bin, then sort, categorize, and prioritize them, responding with a validation status to all parties involved.
And after that comes the Tracking part.
> "requires a real PRO" and "would probably involve" sound like cheap > phrases for avoiding doing any work yourself.
I have learned from this list that premature involvement is counterproductive.
> Talk is cheap, but unless YOU will do it your emails will only be a > waste of bandwidth.
Thanks, and good luck with involving people with this kind of response!
-- Al
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