[Gluster-devel] Review backlog

[Vijay Bellur]

Hi All,

We have approximately 500 open patches in gerrit with the last updated 
timestamp of at least one patch going all the way back to 2012. Of these 
patches, a fair number are no longer valid and probably need to be 
abandoned. Even after that we will be left with a  significant number of 
patches needing review, rework and rebasing. Needless to say the 
daunting review backlog has its share of side effects. I am wondering 
how we can reduce the overall backlog and bring it down to more 
manageable levels.

Apart from reducing this significant backlog now, I feel that we also 
need to evolve a process that helps in keeping the review backlog 
healthy going forward.

Appreciate any ideas and solutions that you can provide to help address 
these related problems.

Thanks,
Vijay