On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Ashar Voultoiz hashar+wmf@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&a...