Wow! These are the exact questions that I have struggled with. Thanks for stating them so clearly.
Regards, Mandeep ----- On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Luke Gorrie <l...@snabb.co> wrote: > On 25 July 2014 20:05, Stefano Maffulli <stef...@openstack.org> wrote: > >> Indeed, communication is key. I'm not sure how you envision to >> implement this though. We do send a message to first time >> contributors[1] to explain them how the review process works and give >> them very basic suggestions on how to react to comments (including what >> to do if things seem stuck). The main issue here though is that few >> people read emails, it's a basic fact of life. >> > > That welcome message does seem to do a really good job of setting > expectations. > > Can you explain more what you have in mind? >> > > Here are some other topics that seem to take some time to develop a mental > model of: > > How quickly and how often should you revise your patchset after a -1? (Is > it better to give the community a week or so to collectively comment? Or > should you revise ASAP after every negative review?) > > How do you know if your change is likely to merge? (If you have had 15 > rounds of -1 votes and the last milestone deadline is a few days away, > should you relax because your code is so thoroughly reviewed or should you > despair because it should have been merged by now?) > > In the final days before a merge deadline, would it be rude to "poke" the > person responsible for merging, or would it be negligent not to? > > How do you decide which IRC meetings to attend? (For meetings that occur > at difficult times outside of working hours in your timezone, when are you > expected to attend them? Is it okay to focus on email/informal > communication if that suits you better and gets the job done?) > > If you're new to the project and you don't know anybody, who can you ask > about this stuff? > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >
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