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Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca>
Subject: Re: The MFC process...
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Eitan Adler wrote:

> On 17 July 2012 09:53, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't expect it to happen.  But right now, there's only the initial mail
>> that the MFC is due, and no reminder afterwards.  We have the open PR mails
>> once-weekly; MFCs are at least as important.
>
> I have a special place in my email for MFC reminder emails which I use
> as a "todo" list. Getting weekly reminders would just be annoying.

Why would it be a problem with with MFCs if it isn't a problem for PRs?

>> Come to think of it, entering PRs for past-due MFCs could be a way to do
>> that with the existing systems.
>
> We have this already: PRs in the 'patched' state.

Unless there was no PR.  Which brings up the question of how can we 
query for MFCs now?  For example, how many MFCs are past due?  What is 
the oldest one?