Ge van Geldorp wrote:
It would make sure the author always receives some kind of feedback (either from the bot, other developers or yourself) and would make sure patches don't get lost (patches are automatically entered into the system and only leave the system when the author withdraws them or when you make a final decision).
Seems like that is a system that doesn't scale well at all, as it requires Alexandre to specifically respond to each and every patch.
It also seems like it encourages patch submitters to not polish their patches themselves and just submit a higher volume of low quality patches for Alexandre to review, since the onus will then be on him to respond.
The current system, which leaves the responsibility for the patch with the submitter both scales better, and encourages patch submitters to think about their patches more.
Responding to each and every patch seems like it would be a waste of Alexandre's time. We should encourage more people to participate in the patch review process, so that we have more reviewers and a more scalable process.
btw. Is there any reason that you can't request a review of your patches, or report the problem that you're trying to fix in bugzilla, as I suggested elsewhere?
Mike