[Buildroot] More maintainers

[Adam Duskett]

Arnout;

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 1:08 PM Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> wrote:
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> On 02/09/2020 19:53, Adam Duskett wrote:
> > I have seen many patches reviewed by not only myself but other's for months.
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>  True. However, please consider that maybe the maintainers don't intentionally
> ignore those patches. Even though in absolute terms maybe a lot of patches have
> been reviewed, in relative terms it's not exactly great. Currently, for example,
> 15 out of 400 patches in patchwork have a Reviewed-by tag. They simply slipped
> through the cracks, because we tend to look at most recent patches first.
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This ignores my other point which still stands. The maintainers
historically always want to also
review the patches individually, and thus demand the last word on all
submitted patches.

This process makes it pointless for anybody but maintainers to review
patches because the
reviewers feel outright ignored.


>  Regards,
>  Arnout
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> > If the current maintainers want to have the last word, then there is
> > no incentive for
> > non-maintainers to review patches, as it is seen as a waste of time.