Questions about the GitLab patch review process

[Alex Henrie]

Dear developers,

I have a couple of questions about how patch reviews on GitLab are
intended to work:

* Can I request a review from anyone?

* Does requesting a review improve the patch's chances of being accepted?

Thanks for your help.

-Alex

[Rémi Bernon]

On 6/10/22 17:21, Alex Henrie wrote:
> Dear developers,
>
> I have a couple of questions about how patch reviews on GitLab are
> intended to work:
> -
>
> Can I request a review from anyone?
> -
>
> Does requesting a review improve the patch's chances of being accepted?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> -Alex

Imho yes to both, especially to the second question.

For the first question, it's probably best to request review from the 
maintainer of a module. Sometimes there isn't any and looking for 
someone knowledgeable is best.

If there is a maintainer, they will probably be assigned by Alexandre 
anyway at some point (but it saves some effort if you do).

[Alex Henrie]

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 10:13 AM Rémi Bernon  wrote:
> On 6/10/22 17:21, Alex Henrie wrote:
> > Dear developers,
> >
> > I have a couple of questions about how patch reviews on GitLab are
> > intended to work:
> > -
> >
> > Can I request a review from anyone?
> > -
> >
> > Does requesting a review improve the patch's chances of being accepted?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > -Alex
>
> Imho yes to both, especially to the second question.
>
> For the first question, it's probably best to request review from the
> maintainer of a module. Sometimes there isn't any and looking for
> someone knowledgeable is best.
>
> If there is a maintainer, they will probably be assigned by Alexandre
> anyway at some point (but it saves some effort if you do).

Thanks for the advice. I agree that requesting a review from the
person or people listed in the MAINTAINERS file would be best, but my
interests tend to lie in places that don't have a specific maintainer.
I will try to find knowledgeable contributors to review my GitLab
patches, and I hope you're right that it will speed the process along.

-Alex