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Date:      Fri, 1 Jun 2018 15:53:36 +0100
From:      rb@gid.co.uk
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, Dieter BSD <dieterbsd@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: PRs are being closed for bogus reasons :-(
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> On 1 Jun 2018, at 15:41, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 8:10 AM, Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>=20
>> > On 31 May 2018, at 22:14, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> =
wrote:
>> >=20
>> > --------
>> > In message =
<CANCZdfovyg61=3Db0-60ZD426Z=3D774Wxm9hJxZ=3DbSqReW_fD4DoA@mail.gmail.com>=

>> > , Warner Losh writes:
>> >=20
>> >> There's a problem with the PR database: there's too many bugs.
>> >=20
>> > And despite the valiant efforts of a number of people over the
>> > lifetime of the project, it has always had so many bugs that
>> > everybody just threw their hands in the air and walked away.
>> >=20
>> > The way to improve the situation is to fix PR's, not to complain
>> > about PRs.
>>=20
>> Indeed. But look at the number of PRs with patches that are stuck in =
that state. Not pretty.
>=20
> Over the years I've committed dozens of PRs that had patches in them. =
The sad truth is that only about 10-15% of them have comitable patches =
in them when submitted. And that number decays over time as things age =
in bugzilla. [etc]

Sure. But the best a non-comitter can do is to supply a patch tested =
against HEAD. If the patch rots because it hasn=E2=80=99t been committed =
six months down the line it=E2=80=99s not my fault.

--
Bob Bishop
rb@gid.co.uk







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