[openstack-dev] [Nova] Frustrations with review wait times

Christopher Yeoh cbkyeoh at gmail.com
Wed Aug 28 04:06:24 UTC 2013


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Michael Still <mikal at stillhq.com> wrote:

> [Concerns over review wait times in the nova project]
>
> I think that we're also seeing the fact that nova-core's are also
> developers. nova-core members have the same feature freeze deadline,
> and that means that to a certain extent we need to stop reviewing in
> order to get our own code ready by the deadline.
>
> The strength of nova-core is that its members are active developers,
> so I think a "reviewer caste" would be a mistake.


+1


> So, I think lower review rates around deadlines are just a fact of life.
>
>
Yes, and really encouraging people to submit their patches as early in the
cycle as possible.
It will be interesting to look at the stats afterwards to see if the
feature proposal deadline
two weeks ahead of the freeze has helped. If so, perhaps it should be
brought even further back.

Chris
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