[Mesa-stable] New, web-based, live view of stable-branch queue

[Brian Paul]

On 04/22/2014 02:58 PM, Carl Worth wrote:
> I'm now publishing a web page that categorizes the patches that have
> been nominated for the stable branch. Check it out:
>
> 	https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://cworth.org/~cworth/mesa-stable-queue/&k=oIvRg1%2BdGAgOoM1BIlLLqw%3D%3D%0A&r=lGQMzzTgII0I7jefp2FHq7WtZ%2BTLs8wadB%2BiIj9xpBY%3D%0A&m=KPw34HtaQ1%2FlzfyW0NJyFeydgCZSVhhmZmVk0jO9zo8%3D%0A&s=8b8ced767ac09a7977bb89e9e7ddbe24f1b8f941f0f3e018801670804a9af774
>
> 	(I've also added a link to this page from the mesa-stable
> 	mailing list description page so that you can find this in the
> 	future.)
>
> The contents of this page should be updated automatically each day based
> on the state of my email. This is where I've always maintained the
> stable-branch queue, but now anyone can actually inspect it.
>
> I'm hoping that this extra transparency helps motivate me to not fall
> behind the queue as badly as I did with 10.1.1. Additionally, this can
> be a useful place for people to look for patches that could really use
> some review (it's a nice, small list compared to the overwhelming load
> in patchwork).
>
> Finally, this page also has the advantage that it shows when I've
> "accepted" a patch by merging it into my local stable branch, but before
> I've actually pushed to the upstream stable branch. (There's a delay
> between acceptance and push because I batch up several days of patches,
> then do a round of testing before pushing).
>
> I'd be happy to hear any feedback on the page.
>
> As we get close to deadlines for stable releases, I'll likely send out a
> pointer to this page again requesting review for any apparently
> neglected patches in the "Nominated, awaiting review" state.
>
> Thanks to everyone for all their hard work making mesa such a
> high-quality library.

Nice web page, Carl.  Feel free to add a link to it from the Mesa web 
page (maybe from the devinfo.html page).

-Brian