[U-Boot] u-boot gerrit server

Tom Rini trini at ti.com
Sun Nov 17 20:41:12 CET 2013


On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 05:51:20PM +0100, Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> Dear Otavio,
> 
> In message <CAP9ODKox=e6j3UYdDJbgdxn+j8Orh+F15FeW5f17tgwLn8i68Q at mail.gmail.com> you wrote:
> > 
> > > Are any of the Linux sub-trees managed by gerrit?
> > 
> > I don't think it is the right comparison. We are not discussing if
> > Gerrit is good or bad; or even who uses it. Our focus must be: does
> > Gerrit workflow work for /most/ of us? In case the answer is true, we
> > can adopt it. Otherwise, no.
> 
> I was interested in existing experience with this tool. It seems
> it's something we cannot run for testing in parallel with the normal
> mailing list method, so we should be really sure that it works for the
> type of tasks we have to do.
> 
> In other situations we've always looked at what the Linux kernel guys
> are doing - assuming they have a very similar sort of taks, just at an
> even much higher scale.
> 
> So I think it would be very intersting information to learn if some of
> the Linux subsystems are using Gerrit, what their experience is, and
> how they organized their work flow around it.

I think in this case we won't find anyone (outside of "Android"
subsystem) usnig it, in public.  I know in private that companies use it
for their review process, and it relatively works.  I know the TI case
the is much the same discussion we have between old school and new
school reviewers.

-- 
Tom
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