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Re: Setting up patchwork on sourceware


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On 03/21/2014 12:53 PM, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 04:42:14PM +0000, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
>>> There is an 'RFC' status available in the default list which we can
>>> use for such patches, but marking the patch as RFC by the submitter
>>> would mean that reviewers may never see them in the default view,
>>> which shows only unresolved patches, i.e. those in NEW state.
>>
>> My point is basically that such patches *shouldn't* be shown by default, 
>> as they aren't pending review.
> 
> Ahh OK, in that case, they can be marked as RFC to 'hide' them from
> the default view.

Exactly, that's what I'd like also. That way I can review RFC's in
bulk.
 
>>> I'll see if there's a way to change the default view so that it shows
>>> patches in states other than just NEW.  If that is not possible
>>> immediately, then we could continue using the RFC and/or WIP tag on
>>> the email subject to indicate such patches.
>>
>> One thing that's visible in the present tracker data is that the subjects 
>> of many patches don't really reflect the patch content.  I think we'll 
>> need conventions that if you post a patch in reply to something then you 
>> change the Subject of your email to reflect the patch itself rather than 
>> the thread it was in reply to.
> 
> Ack, I have added this point to the document.

Yes, some of the subject lines are truly terrible.

We should outright mark them as rejected if you have a bad subject line :-)

Cheers,
Carlos.

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