[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] manual: update review process and patchwork

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Dear Ryan Barnett,

On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 16:03:25 -0500, Ryan Barnett wrote:
> Adding more documentaiton based on discussion from the mailing list
> in regards the buildroot review process and how patchworks can be
> used to pull in patches for testing purposes.
> 
> Mailing list discussion:
> http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2013-September/078170.html
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Barnett <rjbarnet at rockwellcollins.com>

Thanks, looks good! A few comments below.

> +The patchworks website can be used to pull in patches for testing
> +purposes. Please see xref:apply-patches-patchwork[] for more
> +information on using the patchworks website to apply patches.

It's actually "patchwork", not "patchworks", as far as I can see.


> -The Buildroot patch management interface is at
> +Patchwork is a web-based patch tracking system designed to facilitate
> +the contribution and management of contributions to an open-source
> +project. Patches that have been sent to a mailing list are \'caught' by
> +the system, and appear on a web page. Any comments posted that
> +reference the patch are appended to the patch page too. For more
> +information on Patchwork see
> +http://jk.ozlabs.org/projects/patchwork[].
> +
> +Buildroot utilizes this tool to ensure patches aren't missed
> +along with exposing all patches and their corresponding review comments
> +in a clean web interface.

This looks good, but I would probably emphasize the fact that patchwork
is mainly a tool for the maintainers and core contributors. Newcomers
don't have to worry about patchwork. I believe this was the original
misunderstanding that you had, thinking that you had to somehow
interact with patchwork to get your patches reviewed or accepted, which
is not the case.

Best regards,

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com