Re: PATCHES - Countdown for January 23rd

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> Am Freitag, den 24.01.2020, 11:41 +0100 schrieb Han-Wen Nienhuys:
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 11:28 AM David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> > Han-Wen Nienhuys <address@hidden> writes:
>> > 
>> > > Thanks for keeping track of this.
>> > > 
>> > > Can you confirm my countdown patches will get pushed without any
>> > > of my
>> > > involvement (assuming nobody else objects)?
>> > 
>> > For developers with repository access, the procedure is for them to
>> > do
>> > the pushing themselves once "patch push" is reached, so if you have
>> > doubts about how to do that (only push to staging branch, ever,
>> > never to
>> > master) or want someone else to do it, holler.
>> > 
>> 
>> I guess I am a developer with repository access, but in Salzburg,
>> Werner
>> offered to me to do the mechanics of shepherding the patches through,
>> and
>> I'd like to take that offer. My time is probably better spent
>> navigating
>> the arcana of the GUILE 2 / 3 transition.
>> 
>
> OK, that looks reasonable. That means patches will *not* get pushed
> "without any of your involvement" but you have to ask someone, i.e.
> Werner to do so. Probably he's monitoring this anyway, but you might
> ping him again privately, just in case.

I can also do this.  The decision should still be done individually:
some patches reach "push" in spite of comments on Rietveld, and James
implements more of a janitorial process and the decision which comments
may be showstoppers really rests with the patch submitter.

-- 
David Kastrup