[Ksummit-discuss] [TOPIC] Encouraging more reviewers

[Steven Rostedt]

On Thu, 29 May 2014 01:17:39 +0200
Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com> wrote:


> That's one particular point that I have to spend too much time on according to 
> my tastes. When receiving version N+1 of a patch, I need to compare versions N 
> and N+1, open the comments I've sent for version N, and verify that they all 
> have been taken into account. I'd be interested in knowing about how other 
> maintainers automate (part of) that process (if they do).

I'd like to recommend more use of the Link tag here. If you make a v2
of a patch, that should include the Link tag that points back to the v1
posting. That way it becomes easier for a reviewer to go back and see
what the previous comments were with that particular patch.

-- Steve