Re: [Qemu-devel] [PROPOSITION] SH4 workflow improvement

[Nobuhiro Iwamatsu]

Shin-ichiro KAWASAKI wrote:
> Kristoffer Ericson wrote:
>> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:07:41 +0100
>> Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <address@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>>     Actually it's difficult to work on the improvement of SH4
>>>     because we do not have a place to work.
>> I've noticed the same, the main qemu repository 
>> doesn't contain much in the way of SH4. Seems to
>> take awhile to get stuff applied upstreams.
> 
> I have same thought, also.
> 
>>>     My idea is to create a git repos to coordinate the SH4 patches
>>>
>>>     I propose this because I've try to test different patch send to the ML
>>>     and it's difficult because you can not apply them simply to generate a
>>>     patch series suitable.
>>>
>>>     For this I've create a git here
>>>     http://uboot.jcrosoft.org/git?p=qemu-sh4.git;a=summary
>>>
>>>     If you have a better place to put I've no problem with it.
>>>
>>>     The final goal is allow us to have a patch series on which we can send
>>>     a pull request to have it applied in the SVN
>>>
>>>     Takashi YOSHII, Shin-ichiro KAWASAKI I've try to merge your patches on
>>>     this tree please take a look and tell me if I do something wrong
> 
> I think it is one of the good ideas.  I'm trying the git repository. Thanks.
> 
> And I wonder why the merges of SH4 patches to the upstream are slow.
> My guess is that the sent patches are not reviewed enough, and main QEMU 
> developers
> are too busy to spare time for them.  Reviewing on SH4 related patches by 
> QEMU-SH4
> developers might be a help.  Any comments on this idea?
> 
I also think so.
I agree with management with Git.
However, it is necessary to think the patch is managed
and it is taken up-stream.
I think that it will do the fork the way things are going.
We might have it commit up-stream by deciding the manager of SH.

Best regards,
 Nobuhiro