Re: [Xen-devel] [xen 4.6 retrospective] Possible solution together with the comments will be helpful

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 31.08.15 at 10:24, <feng.wu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> = Issue / Observation =
> Sometimes the review comments are quite open, it doesn't contain a possible 
> solution or a clear direction,
> so it is not clear for the contributor on how to effectively address them. 
> At least, in Linux kernel and KVM side, if the maintainers have
> objection to the implementation of the patches, they will give a possible 
> solution or a direction which is very
> helpful for the contributor to address the comments. Hence this will make 
> the review discussion more effective and productive and save both reviewer 
> and developer's time.
> 
> = Possible Solution / Improvement =
> Try to give some possible solutions with the comments, especially for some 
> big changes which affect a lot
> to the whole patch-set.

I think when a solution can be thought of in the context of reviewing,
it is being given. I believe I know which case you allude to here, and
I'm afraid it's not always reasonable for the reviewer(s) to do the
contributor's work of finding a solution when none is obvious.

Jan


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