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Wow! These are the exact questions that I have struggled with. Thanks for
stating them so clearly.

Regards,
Mandeep
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On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Luke Gorrie <luke at snabb.co> wrote:

> On 25 July 2014 20:05, Stefano Maffulli <stefano at openstack.org> wrote:
>
>> Indeed, communication is key. I'm not sure how you envision to
>>  implement this though. We do send a message to first time
>> contributors[1] to explain them how the review process works and give
>> them very basic suggestions on how to react to comments (including what
>> to do if things seem stuck). The main issue here though is that few
>> people read emails, it's a basic fact of life.
>>
>
> That welcome message does seem to do a really good job of setting
> expectations.
>
> Can you explain more what you have in mind?
>>
>
> Here are some other topics that seem to take some time to develop a mental
> model of:
>
> How quickly and how often should you revise your patchset after a -1? (Is
> it better to give the community a week or so to collectively comment? Or
> should you revise ASAP after every negative review?)
>
> How do you know if your change is likely to merge? (If you have had 15
> rounds of -1 votes and the last milestone deadline is a few days away,
> should you relax because your code is so thoroughly reviewed or should you
> despair because it should have been merged by now?)
>
> In the final days before a merge deadline, would it be rude to "poke" the
> person responsible for merging, or would it be negligent not to?
>
> How do you decide which IRC meetings to attend? (For meetings that occur
> at difficult times outside of working hours in your timezone, when are you
> expected to attend them? Is it okay to focus on email/informal
> communication if that suits you better and gets the job done?)
>
> If you're new to the project and you don't know anybody, who can you ask
> about this stuff?
>
>
>
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