+1, this (pushing patches forwards or backwards, but not letting them just languish) is very important and so rarely done!
Mike McCandless http://blog.mikemccandless.com On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Erick Erickson <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been wondering what to do with this committer status thing. When > one has reached "my age", the prospect of understanding a code base as > complex and one that has been worked on by such awesome people is > daunting. To quote Robert Heinlein ("Time Enough for Love", one of the > chapters titled "The Notebooks of Lazarus Long") "It's amazing how > much mature wisdom resembles being too tired". I've never been able to > figure out whether "how much" means "the degree to which" or "the > quantity of". I suppose they're both applicable. > > Anyway, one of the things that's bothered me a bit is the patches > people submit that languish. Believe me, I understand that most of the > people who are actively involved as committers are doing some really > great and fundamental improvements to Lucene/Solr and I'm in awe of > their efforts; it's not like other committers have lots of time to > spare and are just lazy. > > But it occurred to me that there's a role for someone to shepherd > patches submitted by people who are *not* committers through the > process. Or close them as "interesting but not something we should > add". So, the long and short of it is that I'm volunteering for that > role. I expect to lean heavily on the othes to give > thumbs-up/thumbs-down here. Don't get me wrong, I'll look over the > patches too, but don't be surprised by comments on JIRAs like "what do > y'all think? Kill or commit?". > > I have a day job too, so this won't happen all at once. But I've been > amazed by how much gets accomplished by steady effort. Besides, it's > winter in Michigan. So anybody who has favorite JIRAs that they think > are particularly worthwhile, please let me know and I'll at least put > them on my list. > > Let me know your thoughts > Erick > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
