<humor text="I suggest that you automatically send a copy of everything to all the whiners and moaners. " >
ponzu On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Oz Linden (Scott Lawrence) <o...@lindenlab.com > wrote: > As you'll have inferred, we now have a system set up for doing open code > reviews. It's not perfect, but it's pretty nice and very easy to use. > > It also generates quite a bit of email - one for each newly posted request, > and one (properly threaded) for each comment or other action on that review. > > If I understand the capabilities correctly, the software allows each > 'review group' to either: > > 1. Configure a single mailing list address for the group (of which at > present we have only the one 'viewer' group) > 2. Leave that address blank > > If a list address is configured, all emails for reviews in that group are > sent to the list address. If it is left blank, then individual emails are > sent to each of the members of the review group. > > I chose to configure the opensource-dev list as the mailing list, and the > messages do get sent there (as From the user, so the address you configure > for your account needs to match the one you use for the list, or that mail > will fail). > > This will mean a considerable increase in list traffic, I think, since > every commit to viewer-development should be reviewed. I think that the > increase in transparency of what is happening, and the opportunities for > everyone to learn more about more of the code base makes this increase worth > it, but am interested in the opinions of other list members. > > Note that these emails are easy to set up filters for - not only will all > of them have 'Review Request' in the Subject lines, there are also a couple > of custom headers in each message that make them easy to recognize. > > > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges >
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