Re: Guix Days: Patch flow discussion

[Clément Lassieur]

Hello,

On Mon, Feb 05 2024, Steve George wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Our goal for the discussion:
>
>       How do we double the number of patches that are *reviewed* and
>       *applied* to Guix in the next six months?
>
> Patch flow is a pipeline, to change it we could:
>
> a. Increase the number of committers - more people to do the
> work

I don't think reviewers have to be committers.  If a patch is marked as
‘reviewed’ by a non-commiter, another person can just apply the patch
and push.  Although the commiter will take some responsibility in doing
so, and make sure the review was done correctly, it still makes their
work way easier.

My point is that not being committer shouldn't discourage people to
review patches.

Clément