monarch dodra granted write access to phobos, druntime, and tools

dennis luehring dl.soluz at gmx.net
Tue Jul 23 23:06:19 PDT 2013


Am 23.07.2013 21:23, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> On 7/23/13 8:27 AM, Leandro Lucarella wrote:
>> You don't need push access to the blessed repository to contribute,
>> THAT's why git exists! Only people merging stuff needs push access and
>> is good to keep that team as small as possible (and if there is a review
>> bottleneck then it is too small and needs to be expanded). Right now,
>> fortunately, the lack of review doesn't seem to be a huge bottleneck,
>> and while having committed, smart people helping could be beneficial,
>> I think is wise not to give every contributor push access to the repo
>> right now.
>
> I'm very surprised by your outlook. My perception is that the long queue
> of pending pull requests not being reviewed is the single most important
> bottleneck at this point in history in the path of D. By my estimates I
> think we'd improve the speed of D's development by at least one third if
> we solve this one issue. There's no other issue offering so much impact.
>
> I also think it may transform into a major crisis (an inflection point
> in pull requests rate followed by a decline) if we leave this unresolved.
>
> We must find a solution to reviewing pull requests, and fast.
>
>
> Andrei
>

what about something like an (linux) stage repository, more integrated 
pull request, more main repo aspirants


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