[Mesa-dev] Is it time to stop using the mailing list for patch review?

Alex Deucher alexdeucher at gmail.com
Tue Dec 10 15:30:43 UTC 2019


How do we deal with drive by fixes?  E.g., some random user submits a
fix but doesn't want to create a gitlab account just to submit a fix?
Whoever reviews the patch should submit an MR?

Alex

On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 6:07 PM Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I think its time we discussed whether we're going to continue to do patch review
> on the mailing list, or if it it should all go through gitlab. I think we should
> stop using the mailing list, here are some reasons:
>
> 1) Most development is happening on gitlab at this point, patches on the mailing
>    list are often overlooked
> 2) The mailing list bypasses CI which potentially breaks the build
> 3) Probably more reasons I'm forgetting.
>
> Please discuss,
> Dylan
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