On Wed, 21 Sep 2016, Lou Berger wrote:
I hope the the last two releases have convinced you that we need to do
something different WRT patch integration.
Convinced in what sense? Also, the implication is that you feel I am
against changing /anything/ - which is not at all the case.
High level objectives of getting patches reviewed, decided on and
integrated/pushed-back quickly, efficiently, transparently, reliably?
Who could disagree with that?
Determining how to change things to improve on delivery of those goals,
by teasing out the strands of the problem, sorting the objective from
the subject (and where possible finding ways to transform as much of the
subjective into the objective as possible), and determining as
analytically as possible how proposed chnages affect the different
constraints (at least some of which are in tension): Great.
Throwing everything up in the air, changing everything at the same time
(from communication methods, to constitution) - less keen on that.
----
And there were big changes when I started full-time again. Vincent
started with the batched, systematic, review process of the backlog in
patchwork. I continued on with that, changed some logging aspects from
email to git.
Is that process ideal for a non-backlogged, steady-state? Perhaps not.
However, the problem then was backlog. And optimising integrator
throughput - while not regressing back to more ad-hoc much less
systematic working - to get the backlog done seemed to be a high
priority. That hopefully really is close to done now, with the final CI
obstacle found, and we can close off a large swathe of old stuff and
release.
It could have gone faster perhaps, with more co-operation and fewer
other distractions. But hey.
regards,
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