[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v1] doc/developer: make clear for the patch processing time

[Andriy Gelman]

On Tue, 08. Oct 00:07, lance.lmwang at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Limin Wang <lance.lmwang at gmail.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Limin Wang <lance.lmwang at gmail.com>
> ---
>  doc/developer.texi | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
> index 5c342c9..698a814 100644
> --- a/doc/developer.texi
> +++ b/doc/developer.texi
> @@ -497,8 +497,12 @@ incorporates the requests from the review. This process may go through
>  several iterations. Once your patch is deemed good enough, some developer
>  will pick it up and commit it to the official FFmpeg tree.
>  
> -Give us a few days to react. But if some time passes without reaction,
> -send a reminder by email. Your patch should eventually be dealt with.
> +Give us a few days to react. But if ten days passes without reaction,
> +send a reminder by email. If ten days passes without reaction still,
> +send a ping reminder by email again. If one more week passes without
> +reaction, your patch is rejected most likely if you're not maintainer,
> +because no one will handle it. Although you can continue to send reminder
> +emails.

Maybe you can ping the individual maintainers and ask them to review your
patches?

I've been following the list for a bit of time and it seems that mem leaks,
seg faults and documentation always get merged. Anything else is tough because
there are just not enough reviewers.

You could help by reviewing other people's patches. That's a good way to
build traction with the community. Hopefully people will review your patches in
return.

-- 
Andriy