Mark A. Hershberger wrote:
> As Ashar pointed out this week, we've fallen behind in code review.  On
> Robla's page (http://toolserver.org/~robla/crstats/crstats.html) you can
> see that commits marked “new” is beginning to edge up again.
> 
> To help with code review, Roan introduced “sign-offs” for developers who
> are not as familiar with the MediaWiki code base.  I'm sure he'll
> correct me if I'm wrong, but I would like to encourage any developer who
> isn't ready to mark code “OK” to use the sign-off feature — to indicate
> that they've tested or inspected the code.
> 
> If you're running trunk in your testing or (heaven forfend!)
> production, please try to see if you're exercising new code and give us
> feedback by marking the sign-off as “tested”.  This is one of the best
> ways to get acquainted with the code base — if you miss something in
> your testing, we'll be sure to let you know!

I don't currently have time for code review, but I'll try to report bugs for 
all issues I encounter.

FYI I'm one of those "crazy" people running a small production website[1] 
off trunk. I only update the site every few weeks, because I want to test 
the changes locally before they go live, but I do read the commit messages 
from mediawiki-cvs almost daily, so I know of any urgent issues.

(Small wish: it would be very helpful if every commit message referencing a 
bug would also include the one-line summary of the bug; that makes it much 
easier to quickly determine what the bug is about and if a bug is relevant 
for a specific environment. Thanks to all developers that already add this 
information!)

> Of course, if you've been reviewing code, THANK YOU and keep up the good
> work.

I want to add my THANK YOU! To both developers and code reviewers: you do a 
very valuable job!

Best regards
Thomas Bleher


[1]: http://spiele.j-crew.de




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