[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH v1 1/3] doc/developer.texi: Improvements in "Submitting patches" section.

[Manolis Stamatogiannakis]

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 at 22:39, Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc>
wrote:

>
> > @Michael Niedermayer, since you seem to be the most involved with
> patchwork
> > in the thread, what would be better for this? Keep the wording as a
> > recommendation, or to move it outside the list as purely informational
> text?
>
> I think there are 2 aspects here
> First is a "mostly automatic patchwork with only people who want to play
> with
> it obtaining accounts and doing something with them" vs one where its
> recommanded to get accounts
> These are 2 different philosophies ;)
>
> Second is, time vs time
> Is the gain from manually working with patchwork saving us more time
> elsewhere while
> we achieve the same quality of code?
>
> and Third
> Can we not automate whatever we would do manually ?
>
> And describing the actual cases with examples what is wrong and needs
> manual
> update would be interresting.
>
> Are these caseses that are clear to human but unclear to a computer ?
> or we are just missing a line or 2 in the script ?
> or are they maybe unclear to humans too ? which could then lead
> a discussion on how to make that clear to humans first ...
>
> I think its needed to understand where automation fails to really discuss
> this all
>
> thx
>
>
Thanks for the input Michael.

If you find those benefits are not clear-cut, I agree we should refrain
from recommending to everyone to create a patchwork account.

I'm not intimate enough with patchwork automation, so my intuition on the
benefits of recommending manual patch management may be off.

I've updated the patch to v2, presenting the registration of a patchwork
account as an optional step that may come handy in some cases, but not
generally required.

If anyone can make a more informed proposal on that matter, I can
incorporate it in the patch, while we're looking at it.

Best regards,
Manolis