Re: [TOPIC 10/11] Project Tracking

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 23, 2024, 09:15 UTC
Message-ID: <25050ad6-bdf8-4b1f-bbc8-cffe6ca15386@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqployf6z5.fsf@gitster.g>

On 20/09/2024 20:41, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

Taylor - thanks for posting these discussions

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>> * Jonathan: (to Peff) you mentioned sometimes you have a mild negative
>>    feeling about something and you’re good about expressing it on-list,
>>    but for a lot of contributors that will cause some discomfort and it
>>    will cause them to stay away from that thread. If we’re a little more
>>    clear about what’s expected, then conversations can get stalled less
>>    often - e.g. when a thread needs a comment from a refs expert, getting
>>    that comment that supports forward progress.
> 
> Yes, either forward or backward.  Having to keep a series that looks
> potentially worth doing for weeks on 'seen' without getting any
> movement is *VERY* painful.  Would it motivate more experienced
> contributors to review and express either support or refusal if I
> more frequently, say after 20 days since its latest round got queued
> on 'seen', a topic that does not seem to get enough support to be
> merged to 'next' and is not getting rerolled?

I think that sounds reasonable. Sometimes I'm quite slow to review but if I haven't managed to do it within 3 weeks I'm unlikely to get round to it. I'm also sometimes slow to re-roll if I'm ruminating on the best way forward, but even if a patch series gets dropped there is nothing stopping the contributor from re-rolling.

Best Wishes

Phillip