On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ashar Voultoiz <hashar+wmf(a)free.fr> wrote:
Some
developers don't read wikitech-l, some are weeks behind on
reading their mails.
Should they keep commit right to trunk ? Maybe some patches could just
be sent by emails for review. I personally found it hard to commit
anything without being on IRC or I will occasionaly face a silent revert.
--
Ashar Voultoiz
Silent reverting shouldn't happen, anyone with commit access
should
have "allow others to email me" activated on their mw wiki account so
that code review can send them emails when people comment or take
action on code, although some older accounts might not have this
enabled it is now a requirement to get access[1] and people
don't/shouldn't be reverting without commenting on why anyway.
Sending patches via email isn't a really good idea, because it isn't
as easy to track them, easily lost/forgotten. Where as when directly
submitted/attached to Bugzilla report it means that they can be easily
searched and found if required and commented on, then just bugging
someone on IRC to get it applied (Yes I know there is a backlog of
patches on Bugzilla needing to be looked at[2]).
[1].
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Commit_access#Requesting_commit_access
[2].
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=dorem&remaction=run&…