Daniel John Debrunner wrote: >Contacting a specific person just seems wrong to me, but it's more of a >gut feeling. Some of the concerns that pop into my mind are > > - assigning a reviewer from the same company could hinder integration > of the community, while assigning a task to someone else does not > seem appropriate. Open source is volunteer, and no-one has any right > to assign work to another. > > > I do not think we should have any formal type of assignment but have come to believe in targeted volunteer recruitment if I see someone who looks like they might be interested. (e.g. Surely I will target Dibyendu to try out my next XA patch.). Also committers need reviews too and this just seems the best way to get them.
> - A specific reviewer seems to go against the many eyes on the code, >it can discourage any one else from looking at the patch. > > > Usually I start my targeted volunteer recruitment after a few rounds of general appeal without success. In an effort to get at least a couple extra eyes on the code. And I always say please #:) Kathey
