Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread Stéfan van der Walt
2008/5/16 Anne Archibald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > How frequently does numpy receive patches that warrant review? The > zillion little doc fixes don't, even moderate-sized patches from > experienced developers probably don't warrant review. Those moderately-sized patches are the ones that need review

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread David Cournapeau
Anne Archibald wrote: > I think here's the rub: when I hear "patch review system" it sounds to > me like an obstacle course for getting code into the software. Maybe > it's justified, but I think at the moment there are many many things > that are just awaiting a little bit of attention from someon

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread Anne Archibald
2008/5/15 Francesc Alted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I don't need to say that this procedure was not used for small or > trivial changes (that were fixed directly), but only when the issue was > important enough to deserve the attention of the mate. I think here's the rub: when I hear "patch review sy

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread David Cournapeau
David Huard wrote: > > There is about 5 commits/day, I don't think it's a good idea to wait > for a vote on each one of them. There is definitely a balance to find, and I am not convinced it would work well with subversion (it really makes sense to have those review with merge request, not per

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread Francesc Alted
A Wednesday 14 May 2008, Ondrej Certik escrigué: > Hi, > > I read the recent flamebate about unittests, formal procedures for a > commit etc. and it was amusing. :) > I think Stefan is right about the unit tests. I also think that > Travis is right that there is no formal procedure that can assure

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread Pearu Peterson
On Thu, May 15, 2008 12:06 am, Ondrej Certik wrote: > Hi, > > I read the recent flamebate about unittests, formal procedures for a > commit etc. and it was amusing. :) > I think Stefan is right about the unit tests. I also think that Travis > is right that there is no formal procedure that can assu

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:08 PM, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/5/14 David Cournapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 13:58 -1000, Eric Firing wrote: >> > >> > What does that mean? How does one know when there is a consensus? >> >> There can be a system to make this

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-15 Thread David Huard
2008/5/14 David Cournapeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 13:58 -1000, Eric Firing wrote: > > > > What does that mean? How does one know when there is a consensus? > > There can be a system to make this automatic. For example, the code is > never commited directly to svn, but to a g

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-14 Thread David Cournapeau
On Wed, 2008-05-14 at 13:58 -1000, Eric Firing wrote: > > What does that mean? How does one know when there is a consensus? There can be a system to make this automatic. For example, the code is never commited directly to svn, but to a gatekeeper, and people vote by an email command to say if th

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-14 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 1:58 AM, Eric Firing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ondrej Certik wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I read the recent flamebate about unittests, formal procedures for a >> commit etc. and it was amusing. :) >> I think Stefan is right about the unit tests. I also think that Travis >> is righ

Re: [Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-14 Thread Eric Firing
Ondrej Certik wrote: > Hi, > > I read the recent flamebate about unittests, formal procedures for a > commit etc. and it was amusing. :) > I think Stefan is right about the unit tests. I also think that Travis > is right that there is no formal procedure that can assure what we > want. > > I thin

[Numpy-discussion] let's use patch review

2008-05-14 Thread Ondrej Certik
Hi, I read the recent flamebate about unittests, formal procedures for a commit etc. and it was amusing. :) I think Stefan is right about the unit tests. I also think that Travis is right that there is no formal procedure that can assure what we want. I think that a solution is a patch review. Ev