Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:53:52 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> Subject: Re: The MFC process... Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207171042470.77737@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=vuRpdrtTHj_efgnsUiHxfY-5maRM6uWjuZcbjmE12ng@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkrb9yjn9bU7U03NHjRZhMDfOhhm_yNtB-cgHahG4zfwQ@mail.gmail.com> <CC2A7147.32760%trent@snakebite.org> <CAF6rxgm9gyY936VO9Fc%2B19vcfs8vsbMYC_LW0jxgpvSP==j-Cg@mail.gmail.com> <fa8011782787cd9e6d65746ae11067c2.squirrel@webmail.ee.ryerson.ca> <CAF6rxgnLEwHjtJcLm_XNdzP3X9TKYNY46GO-%2BDgRwZ_RjWOKZg@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1207171027490.77737@wonkity.com> <CAF6rxg=vuRpdrtTHj_efgnsUiHxfY-5maRM6uWjuZcbjmE12ng@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 17 July 2012 09:28, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Eitan Adler wrote: >> >>> On 17 July 2012 05:50, David Magda <dmagda@ee.ryerson.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, July 17, 2012 02:10, Eitan Adler wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Of interest to me: if it could be limited to just the commits I made >>>>> and optionally show me the log message and diff it would be very >>>>> helpful. >>>>> >>>>> On a general note: be careful with any level of automation with this >>>>> script though. Sometimes there are good reasons that a commit wasn't >>>>> MFCed. >>> >>> >>> >>>> A lot of messages have a "MFC after" note on them, so the the developer/s >>>> in question already know which commits are good candidates for bringing >>>> over to STABLE. It may simply be that they could use a reminder on them. >>> >>> >>> Just to add: developers get an automated email at the "MFC after" time >>> reminding them to MFC. >> >> >> But only once. It would be nice if it was like PR notifications, once a >> week. > > Please no! If this is the case, it should be an option. 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. Come to think of it, entering PRs for past-due MFCs could be a way to do that with the existing systems.
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