From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.tuxdriver.com (charlotte.tuxdriver.com [70.61.120.58]) by dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7F119432 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:11:04 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hmsreliant.think-freely.org ([2001:470:8:a08:7aac:c0ff:fec2:933b] helo=localhost) by smtp.tuxdriver.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1ZorIH-0002fC-3d; Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:11:01 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:10:50 -0400 From: Neil Horman To: Thomas Monjalon Message-ID: <20151021111050.GA10645@hmsreliant.think-freely.org> References: <20151015144406.1aaca698@xeon-e3> <20151020213424.696541ad@xeon-e3> <2717598.bIV87FGGpb@xps13> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2717598.bIV87FGGpb@xps13> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Spam-Status: No Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] DPDK patch backlog X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: patches and discussions about DPDK List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:11:05 -0000 On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 10:25:12AM +0200, Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 2015-10-20 21:34, Stephen Hemminger: > > Patch backlog is not getting better, now at 486. > > > > How can we break this logjam? > > Do I need to make a new "ready for merge" tree? > > What would mean "ready for merge"? > A lot of patches are acked but do not compile or doc is missing. I would think that many of these patches that don't compile should be marked as rejected in patchwork, and a note sent to the list. If you can enable the patchwork xmlrpc interface, we could script/automate that process Neil > > I have the feeling it would become easier if there were mailing-list, patchwork > and git tree dedicated to some areas. What about starting with drivers/net? > >