[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Add explicit check-in policy section
On 07.01.2020 17:17, George Dunlap wrote: > On 1/7/20 1:05 PM, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 07.01.2020 13:03, George Dunlap wrote: >>> --- a/MAINTAINERS >>> +++ b/MAINTAINERS >>> @@ -104,7 +104,53 @@ Descriptions of section entries: >>> xen-maintainers-<version format number of this file> >>> >>> >>> -The meaning of nesting: >>> + Check-in policy >>> + =============== >>> + >>> +In order for a patch to be checked in, in general, several conditions >>> +must be met: >>> + >>> +1. In order to get a change to a given file committed, it must have >>> + the approval of at least one maintainer of that file. >>> + >>> + A patch of course needs Acks from the maintainers of each file that >>> + it changes; so a patch which changes xen/arch/x86/traps.c, >>> + xen/arch/x86/mm/p2m.c, and xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c would >>> + require an Ack from each of the three sets of maintainers. >>> + >>> + See below for rules on nested maintainership. >>> + >>> +2. It must have an Acked-by or a Reviewed-by from someone other than >>> + the submitter. >> >> I'd like to propose some further distinction here, albeit I'm not sure >> this isn't implied anyway. It might be that making explicit the >> distinction between A-b and R-b is sufficient - our current common >> understanding looks to be that only maintainers can "ack", and others >> would "review". > > Well first of all, I don't think that's strictly true. If a > non-maintainer raises a concern, the patch can't be checked in unless > that person is satisfied. We sometimes assume silence is consent, but > it's much better for the person who raised the concern to say, "I am now > satisfied with this patch"; and the clearest and most concise way to do > that is to say "Acked-by". Hmm, that's a possible model, but one I would never have thought of given the meaning we assign to "Acked-by". In a case like what you describe I would always have expected indication of consent by other than a formal tag, if the person wouldn't anyway be in the position to ack a patch (or part of it). > But that sort of "Acked-by" isn't really what is meant by this section. > I guess you'd like to say that such an Acked-by would not be sufficient > to check in a patch; it would have to be the stronger Reviewed-by. > > The point of this sentence is not to define what Ack and Reviewed-by > mean, but that it must come from someone who is not the submitter. > However, it is true that someone may read that and be confused; > particularly as we don't seem to define it anywhere else in the tree, so > perhaps it's worth trying to clarify. > >> Since the latter is implying a more thorough look at a >> patch, I think it wouldn't be right to allow (quoting text further >> down) "anyone in the community" to ack a random patch (I could probably >> talk my son into ack-ing my patches ;-) ). Perhaps, rather than >> limiting acks to maintainers of the changed code, we could extend this >> to maintainers of just some code for maintainer submitted patches (i.e. >> anyone named as M: at least once in ./MAINTAINERS)? People outside of >> whatever subset we might pick would be eligible to offer R-b only, >> implying of course that they actually did do a review. > > I do actually prefer that only people in a "direct line" of > maintainership for that exact code (i.e., is a maintainer at whatever > level of specificity) be able to get Acks; and that anyone else should > be required to give a Reviewed-by. > > This is of course again slightly more aggregate work for a maintianer > than for someone else, but I think that makes sense in this case. > > How about this: > > 2. It must have either a an Acked-by from a maintainer, or a > Reviewed-by. This must come from someone other than the submitter. Better, but leaving ambiguous whether "maintainer" means "any one" or "of the code being touched". I think you mean the former, in which case I'd prefer to see it amended along the lines of "... from a maintainer (of any component), or ...". Or possibly you mean any maintainer up the "nesting" chain, in which case the wording would need to be yet different? >>> +3. Sufficient time and/or warning must have been given for anyone to >>> + respond. This depends in large part upon the urgency and nature of >>> + the patch. For a straightforward uncontroversial patch, a day or >>> + two is sufficient; for a controversial patch, perhaps waiting a >>> + week and then saying "I intend to check this in tomorrow unless I >>> + hear otherwise". >> >> To me as non-native speaker, this last sentence looks incomplete (as >> in missing e.g. "would be appropriate" at the end), or alternatively >> it would feel like wanting the two "ing" dropped from the verbs. > > I see what you mean. But on reflection, I think the intent of this > paragraph has gotten skewed. Patches should be given sufficent time for > *anyone* to give input before being checked in. > > What about changing this as follows: > > --- > 3. Sufficient time must have been given for anyone to respond. This > depends in large part upon the urgency and nature of the patch. > For a straightforward uncontroversial patch, a day or two may be > sufficient; for a controversial patch, a week or two may be better. > --- > > And then adding a para below: > > --- > Before a maintainer checks in their own patch with another community > member's R-b but no co-maintainer Ack, it is especially important to > give their co-maintainer opportunity to give feedback, perhaps > declaring their intention to check it in without their co-maintainers > ack a day before doing so. > --- This sounds good to me. 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