On 03 Jul 2007, at 18:35, Jeff Eaton wrote:
if an RTBC is marked as a "bug" and has, say two or three reviews from "trusted reviewers" can't these just be committed "as is" without core eyes on the patch?
This still happens. It's worth noting, however, how *many* large- scale architectural patches went into D6, and how many of the patches still in the queue at the time of code freeze were architecture level. The bug fixes you refer to above can still be committed after code freeze, too. :)
Drupal development is always going to be a bit broken and because of that, not all patches will get the attention that they deserve. I recognize that this can be frustrating, and we'll work on that. However, like Jeff, I'd like to encourage all of you to look at the bigger picture too -- and maybe to compare our performance to that of other Open Source projects. I think we did a _great_ job during the Drupal 6 development cycle. Plenty of important architectural changes made it into Drupal 6, and there aren't that many open issues that strike me as crucial. In addition to some sweeping changes, hundreds of patches made it into Drupal 6. And during the code freeze, many more patches will land. Despite some frustration during the code freeze, this looks very much like a job well done. Therefore, I don't think the system is fundamentally broken or doomed as some people try to make us believe. There is room for improvement, but let's not neglect the fact that we did a really great job. Thanks, -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/