Re: Patch queue management systems

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden> writes:

> This still won't compare with a decent code review system:
>
> - Externally visible queue of contributions, so that people from outside
>   can get a better look at Emacs development, and maybe learn something.
>   And speaking of debbugs, I can even get a list of "all bugs with
>   patches" from inside of Emacs.

Sure you can.  `C-u / patch' in debbugs-gnu.

> - A working integration server that gives an overview of whether each
>   patch (or better: Git branch) compiles, passes tests, etc, which will
>   be a good reminder for a contributor if they broke something, even
>   before a reviewer is involved.

This can all be done by adding tags to bug reports in debbugs.  

> - Inline comments: hide the old ones as the discussion progresses, only
>   show the ones still pertinent to the current changeset (though this
>   part may be hard to integrate into Emacs either way). I was kinda
>   hoping it might would serve as an alternative for debbugs comments.

That sounds nice, but 99% of patches in the bug tracker are small and
need only a couple passes or less before they can be applied.  So this
would give us no extra patch handling power in reality.

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