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review process (was: C++ PATCH: Unify name lookup 2/n)
On 30-Mar-2003, Mark Mitchell <mark at codesourcery dot com> wrote:
> Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr at integrable-solutions dot net>:
> > However, a point remains: We need a better process than we currently has.
>
> I'm not going to disagree; process can always be improved.
Here are some possible suggestions (I'm just brain-storming here):
- appoint more C++ maintainers (e.g. would it be appropriate
to make Gabriel Dos Reis a maintainer for the C++ front-end)?
- define a new category of "self-approve" developers?
These developers would be permitted to approve their own patches
in particular areas. This could be qualified further, e.g. by
requiring that the patch be reviewed by at least one
other person (though the other person need not be
an official maintainer), and/or that the patch not be
committed until a week after it had been posted to gcc-patches.
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