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Re: patch tracking
- To: zack at codesourcery dot com (Zack Weinberg)
- Subject: Re: patch tracking
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot COM>
- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 14:52:34 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: jbuck at synopsys dot com (Joe Buck), gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
Zack writes:
> I have been considering a very simple patch tracker which would work
> by monitoring the gcc-patches and gcc-cvs mailing lists. The
> principle would be: every time a patch is posted to gcc-patches, it
> records the subject line and change log...
The problem is that there are too many things on gcc-patches that are
not patches but rather are discussion of patches, or are completely
untested hacks that don't deserve tracking. That's why I want the
first-level filter. We would try to set a deadline of no more than
N days before any new message that is a patch is either bounced or
goes into the system to be tracked.
> The program needs a way to get the URL of an archived message to
> gcc-patches.
Maybe the way to combine the ideas is that when the pre-screeners
approve a patch for further processing, they insert the URL into
your patch-tracker program.
Joe