[Intel-gfx] drm-intel-collector is deprecated
Daniel Vetter
daniel at ffwll.ch
Wed May 13 00:22:09 PDT 2015
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:20:11AM -0700, Rodrigo Vivi wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> drm-intel-collector is now deprecated.
>
> It was started in an attempt to collect single patches or small series
> of 2 patches that was staying behind and forgotten. So we would
> minimize the amount of lost patches and help the reviewer assignment
> while patchwork rework isn't ready.
>
> However with time the missed patches got minimized and collector
> wasn't helping at all with the reviewer assignments anyway.
>
> Also, every author is responsible to find a reviewer for his own patch
> and follow-up until it gets merged on dinq or on fixes branches.
>
> So, even for small series or single patches, please make sure you find
> a reviewer for your patch and follow-up until it gets merged. If you
> believe the patch with reviewed-by got missed, please contact Daniel
> or Jani.
Yeah offloading the review assigning to a single person (even just for
small patches) just doesn't work well. I still think -collector was really
useful, at least for a while though. So thanks a lot Rodrigo for doing it!
Cheers, Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation
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