[openstack-dev] [nova] stable branches & failure to handle review backlog

Ihar Hrachyshka ihrachys at redhat.com
Thu Jul 31 10:19:36 UTC 2014


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On 30/07/14 19:22, Kevin L. Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-07-30 at 09:01 +0200, Flavio Percoco wrote:
>> As a stable-maint, I'm always hesitant to review patches I've no 
>> understanding on, hence I end up just checking how big is the
>> patch, whether it adds/removes new configuration options etc but,
>> the real review has to be done by someone with good understanding
>> of the change.
>> 
>> Something I've done in the past is adding the folks that had
>> approved the patch on master to the stable/maint review. They
>> should know that code already, which means it shouldn't take them
>> long to review it. All the sanity checks should've been done
>> already.
>> 
>> With all that said, I'd be happy to give *-core approval
>> permissions on stable branches, but I still think we need a
>> dedicated team that has a final (or at least relevant) word on
>> the patches.
> 
> Maybe what we need to do is give *-core permission to +2 the
> patches, but only stable/maint team has *approval* permission.
> Then, the cores can review the code, and stable/maint only has to
> verify applicability to the stable branch…
> 

+2 for the idea. :)

Cheers,
/Ihar
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