Re: [Xen-devel] How to submit code changes for Xen?

[George Dunlap <George.Dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe the accepted protocol is to re-send the patch after 2-4
weeks, with a comment to the effect that you didn't get a response
last time; perhaps with the [RESEND] in the subject line, to alert
people that the last mail was dropped?

Obviously it would be nice if everyone got a comment the first time,
but that's not always possible.  This method may seem a little less
friendly, but in fact it has several positive attributes:
* It distributes the responsibility of keeping track of patches,
rather than having a centralized location
* It naturally filters out low-interest patches.  If neither the
submitter nor others on the list find it interesting, they naturally
get dropped instead of piling up in a queue somewhere; whereas, if the
submitter considers it interesting and important, he will persist
until he gets a response.

The main difficulty is letting new people know the policy: don't take
it hard if you don't get a response, just re-send after a few weeks.

Stephen, is there a "xen-devel guidelines" page up anywhere?  It might
be have something we can point people to, or that Google would turn up
if someone searched for "submitting patches to Xen"...

 -George

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Yi, Shunli <syi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, I will try again and send out the patch against the xen-unstable .
> But it's realy better if there is a system to track all the patches ( just 
> like bugzilla.redhat.com).
>
> SHUNLI YI
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keir Fraser [mailto:keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 2009å9æ16æ 16:18
> To: Yi, Shunli; Pasi KÃrkkÃinen
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] How to submit code changes for Xen?
>
> Oh, was yours the patch against Xen 3.3? That branch isn't actively
> maintained any more. We really only directly accept patches against
> xen-unstable.
>
> Â-- Keir
>
> On 16/09/2009 08:36, "Yi, Shunli" <syi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, I did.
>> But, it's a little strange that I got nothing reply, I don't know whether my
>> code is feasible and acceptable.
>> I have to forget it after send out the patch, maybe it didn't reached at all.
>>
>> Is there a track system for all patches ?
>>
>> SHUNLI YI
>>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pasi KÃrkkÃinen [mailto:pasik@xxxxxx]
>> Sent: 2009å9æ16æ 15:07
>> To: Yi, Shunli
>> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] How to submit code changes for Xen?
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:01:30AM -0700, Yi, Shunli wrote:
>>> Guys:
>>> Could anybody tell me how to submit code changes for Xen?
>>>
>>> And, is there any way to know whether and when the code change will be
>>> integrated(accepted)
>>>
>>
>> Just send the patch to xen-devel and most probably people will comment
>> about it, or merge it.
>>
>> -- Pasi
>>
>>
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