On Friday 08 May 2009, Rick Altherr wrote:
> On May 8, 2009, at 10:06 AM, David Brownell wrote:
> 
> > Might it also be appropriate to point out that some
> > patches get directly applied to SVN, without any
> > opportunity for mailing list discussion or review?
> >
> 
> I'd rather we stop that from happening.

As I was subtly hinting.  ;)


> It sidesteps the community   
> review process, introduces more risk to trunk, and means we get long,  
> heated arguments about the changes rather the discussion.  The list  
> should be a clearinghouse.

Absolutely.


> A lack of comment shouldn't imply consent. 

Sometimes "lack of comment" will need to imply that though;
maintainers can't rely *that* much on other people.  The
role of a maintainer specifically implies enough authority
to do things like that, at least for non-major change.


> > Or would that belong in a separate "process" document?
> 
> It's not appropriate for the PATCHES file per se, but we should  
> formalize the process for _after_ a patch has been sent to the list.   
> That is mainly for maintainers to reference and for submitters to  
> understand what is happening.

I agree those policies need to be clarified.  There's
another thread on that topic.

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