Re: patch review time

[Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>]

> BTW, 2 of the MI MAINTAINERS completely do *nothing*. They don't respond
> to Emails, they don't review patches, and as far as I can tell, do
> nothing behind the scene.

> Shouldn't they be removed from this position, since, IMO, they are *not*
> maintaining the code. I think having 3 maintainers under the section

>   mi (gdb/mi)             Andrew Cagney     cagney@redhat.com
>                           Elena Zannoni     ezannoni@redhat.com
>                           Fernando Nasser   fnasser@redhat.com

> is misleading. Since Andrew is the *only* one I can tell is maintaining
> code for MI, even if it's not at the speed that I desire.

Hang on. Let's be pragmatic. How will things get *better* if they are removed.
They are the original authors and know the code better than the rest of us.
We don't know what their committments/current interests are. At the moment,
they might contribute at some time in the future. If they are removed then
presumably they won't.

Bob, you're not the only one whose e-mails go ignored. Answering questions,
reviewing patches takes up time. Unpaid time. If my e-mail is unanswered, it
tells me something: either people aren't interested or they are too busy.
Sometimes I let it go, sometimes I realise it was a stupid question, and
sometimes I send another e-mail and try to add something to get a reply.

It only makes sense to remove people from MAINTAINERS if some-one else is
stepping forward with the enough expertise and enthusiasm. Right know,
with MI, AFAIK they aren't. Shit happens.


Nick