[Gluster-Maintainers] [Gluster-devel] Time Window before merging the patch

[Raghavendra Gowdappa]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Niels de Vos" <ndevos at redhat.com>
> To: "Raghavendra Gowdappa" <rgowdapp at redhat.com>
> Cc: maintainers at gluster.org
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:23:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Gluster-devel] Time Window before merging the patch
> 
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 01:09:35AM -0400, Raghavendra Gowdappa wrote:
> > All,
> > 
> > There have been concerns about merging the changes too fast without
> > giving others time to review. To address the same I'll try to give a
> > buffer window of a day or two after a patch has been scored +1/+2 by
> > me.
> 
> I am not sure what the concerns are, and if those would apply to other
> components/maintainers as well? As long as you are not the author of the
> change, and merge them without a review of an expert in the domain,
> there should not be any issues when merging patches immediately after
> review/testing.

Team members working on the components I maintain felt that they need some window after I ack. Though I didn't see much value in the argument itself (as the patch would be present on gerrit even before I ack it), I felt that there is no harm in providing a window. If it brings more participation in reviewing the patches, I am fine with this adjustment.

As to whether it applies to other components, it depends on the needs of team primarily working on components you are maintaining.

> 
> For most changes, we should know if it can affect other components or
> xlators. I think most of us would add the maintainers on the review that
> need to care and wait/poke them for a review.
> 
> Could you explain a little more about the concerns that were raised?
> 
> Thanks!
> Niels
>