> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 07:20:23PM +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 07:09:22AM -0400, Frediano Ziglio wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>> I see several benefits to doing this: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> 1. We always know exactly which component and branch is being > > > > > >>> patched > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > As long as contributor keep pinging or resending his series, this > > > > > > is > > > > > > already the case. > > > > > > > > > > As Frediano said at the beginning of the series, “I’m tired of > > > > > hearing this > > > > > reply”. > > > > > > > > And this is not an actionable answer... My perception is that there > > > > rarely are 'ping' on old series. Does this mean we are doing a good job > > > > at reviews? (I doubt it or we would not have this conversation) Does > > > > this mean patch senders do not want to do that? Why? Does this mean > > > > it's > > > > done a lot, but to no avail? All I'm reading is "I'm not happy with how > > > > things work", with nothing specific. > > > > > > > > > > Patch series are getting old (even years) repeatedly pinged (5/6 times) > > > but they continue to not getting any feedback/ack/comment. > > > If you can't remember any... this just confirms the problem. > > > > So I went through my mails (searched for mails containing 'ping'), in > > the last months > > Forgot a number here, it's since April 2016, so in the last 15 months or so. > > > I found 24 series which needed a ping, among these, 3 > > needed several pings, and it stopped at 2 pings. Maybe I missed some. > As I said with ping you don't count multiple submissions and even if you got a 0 ping count this does not mean that series get not reviewed and should be. For me the fact that you have to search is another confirmation that a tool would be helpful as memory and patchwork are not enough. Frediano _______________________________________________ Spice-devel mailing list Spice-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/spice-devel