Re: patch review time

['Bob Rossi' <bob@brasko.net>]

On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 02:58:45PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: Bob Rossi
> >Sent: 04 March 2005 14:26
> 
> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2005 at 09:33:25AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >>> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:00:22 -0500
> >>> From: Bob Rossi 
> >>> 
> >>> I understand that people are busy, which is the very reason my patches
> >>> take so long to create. However, from my perspective it simply takes to
> >>> long, to get patch reviews done, except of course doco reviews from Eli
> >>> :). 
> >> 
> >> I think I generally review all patches within my responsibility and/or
> >> area of expertise with the same speed, not only the doco ones.
> > 
> > I think you are missing the point here Eli. As an outsider of the GDB
> > project I am complaining that I can't make a significant contribution to
> > GDB because of patch review time.
> 
> 
>   Bob, perhaps it would help if you posted links to any outstanding patches
> for which you are awaiting review?

This isn't about a specific patch, it's about the fact that if it take's
1-2 weeks per patch, there is no way I can get in a large amount of
code. For example, I want to convert the MI testsuite to have the
inferior use a separate pty. I would then like to add a syntax checker
to make sure the output of the MI is correct. After that, I would like
to create Tcl data structures that allow the testsuite to do semantic
analysis on the data. I would like to contribute even more after this ...

The problem is, I could submit 3-4 large patches, but GDB for obvious
reasons won't accept such patches until they are broken down into
multiple small patches. If it takes 1-2 weeks for each of these small
patches, that means realistically, it will take months to possibly a
year to get all of the work I want to get done, done.

If you really must see some patches in waiting, 
   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-01/msg00024.html
   http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2005-02/msg00248.html

Also, This isn't about what I have waiting now either, it's about the
fact that I usually wait anywhere from between 1 week (unusual) to
several months.

Bob Rossi