What's the length of time for an implicit-ack?

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Nicolas Dichtel <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Le 12/11/2015 18:43, Paul Jakma a écrit :
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015, Donald Sharp wrote:
>>
>> So question:
>>>
>>> What constitutes an ack?  I posted up 60 odd patches over the last few
>>> days
>>> and only have gotten some conversation around 2-3 of those patches.  Are
>>> the rest, by omission, assumed to be ok then?
>>>
>>
>> My vote is for "No outstanding questions or objections == accepted" -
>> with the
>> conditional erring towards not accepting in case of
>> ambiguity/doubt/uncertainty.
>>
>> So yeah, if no one says anything, it goes in. Note "This looks like it
>> needs
>> review" would be a valid objection.
>>
>> I.e. the default is a "fast-track" acceptance path, but if someone -
>> *anyone* -
>> cares then they can "derail" a patch to a longer discussion (to borrow
>> terms
>> from Sun development processes). That'd be my vote anyway.
>>
>> My issue with requiring positive acks is that it'll be easier for some
>> than
>> others to get them. Though, it is still really good signal to get ACKs on
>> patches.
>>
>> Seems to me it's easier to filter stuff out than tracking Acks though,
>> and I
>> suspect people tend to be more motivated to hit reply when they don't
>> think
>> something is completely right, than when something is acceptable.
>>
>> But, if more people want an explicit-acceptance system rather than
>> default-in+filter-on-comments....
>>
> Does this not require some automatic tools, like jenkins system?
> For example, openstack has some tools which allow "external" people to add
> their own tests.
> When you look at the patch, you can see quickly if it breaks something.
> Example: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/96691/
>
>
> Regards,
> Nicolas
>
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