On Thu, Sep 16, 2021 at 05:54:03PM +0530, Chandan Babu R wrote: > > So the question I have is: Can we do community sprints? Let's get > > together (on the lists, or irc, wherever) the week after -rc2 drops to > > figure out who thinks they're close to submitting patchsets, decide > > which one or two big patchsets we as a group want to try to land this > > cycle, and then let's /all/ collaborate on making it happen. If you > > think a cleanup would be a big help for someone else's patchset, write > > those changes and make that part happen. > > > > There's never been a prohibition on us working like that, but I'd like > > it if we were more intentional about working like a coordinated team to > > get things done. What do you all think? > > > > (Small changes and bug fixes can be sent any time and I'll take a look > > at them; I'm not proposing any changes to that part of the process.) > > > > Apart from patchsets associated with implementing new features, small changes > and bug fixes for an upcoming kernel release, may be we should also allow > developers to post RFC patchsets to obtain an initial high-level feedback > for a design that implements a fairly complicated new feature? Hmm, AFAIK, this has never been a problem, just check the list, there are several [RFC PATCH] patches around. Not sure if maybe you're talking about something more specific? -- Carlos
