Patchwork (was Re: Governance revisited)

[Mike McCormack]

Ge van Geldorp wrote:

> It would make sure the author always receives some kind of feedback (either
> from the bot, other developers or yourself) and would make sure patches
> don't get lost (patches are automatically entered into the system and only
> leave the system when the author withdraws them or when you make a final
> decision).

Seems like that is a system that doesn't scale well at all, as it 
requires Alexandre to specifically respond to each and every patch.

It also seems like it encourages patch submitters to not polish their 
patches themselves and just submit a higher volume of low quality 
patches for Alexandre to review, since the onus will then be on him to 
respond.

The current system, which leaves the responsibility for the patch with 
the submitter both scales better, and encourages patch submitters to 
think about their patches more.

Responding to each and every patch seems like it would be a waste of 
Alexandre's time.  We should encourage more people to participate in the 
patch review process, so that we have more reviewers and a more scalable 
process.

btw. Is there any reason that you can't request a review of your 
patches, or report the problem that you're trying to fix in bugzilla, as 
I suggested elsewhere?

Mike