Re; Maintaining, was: Re: Reduce Dwarf Debug Size

[Brooks Moses]

Andrew Pinski wrote:
> 100 good patches != good knowledge in one area.
> Also I think I already submitted 100 good patches but every once in a
> while I submit a bad one though I think it is good to begin with.

To tangent off this in a rather different direction: One of the things 
that I've noticed is that GCC's development process doesn't really seem 
to do much to reward reviews by non-maintainers -- they're not really 
much of a useful input to the process, much of the time, and I don't see 
them happening especially often.  (I may be overgeneralizing, though.)

Insofar as that's true, I think that's somewhat of a loss.  Partly it's 
a loss because reviewing is a different skill from writing, and 
maintainers don't get a chance to have any practice at it before 
becoming maintainers.

It's also a loss in this particular context because 100 good reviews 
would be a pretty clear sign of a good potential maintainer, I'd think. 
  Even if the reviews are of fairly small things, it's a sign that the 
person knows what they're capable of accurately reviewing, and a 
reviewer who's good at reviewing small things and only reviews small 
things is still a useful asset to the project.

- Brooks