[Engine-devel] Changing Gerrit -1 message

Moti Asayag masayag at redhat.com
Fri Feb 22 07:02:08 UTC 2013


On 02/22/2013 12:53 AM, Eli Mesika wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Neary" <dneary at redhat.com>
>> To: engine-devel at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 11:21:53 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Changing Gerrit -1 message
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 02/20/2013 10:32 AM, Itamar Heim wrote:
>>> On 19/02/2013 12:06, Laszlo Hornyak wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I agree with that.
>>>>
>>>> for the - messages this in my opinion would be both more clear and
>>>> friendly:
>>>> -1: In my opinion it needs work.
>>>
>>>
>>> how about
>>> "-1: Please review my comments"
> 
> +1

+1

> 
>>
>> Sounds great.
>>
>>>> -2: I disagree.
> 
> I prefer -2 : Do not submit!
> 
> IMHO:
> -1 should be used whenever the code is OK but can be done better or has a missing part (tests for example)
> -2 should be used when the code does not work, has a serious bug (possible NPE for example) , break the build

+1 for the -2 which to my opinion should indicate any serious flaw in
the design, even post the design discussion. I think that this should
follow with a discussion on engine-devel about the required change in
the design instead of debating over the gerrit since it is not
transparent enough.

> 
>>>
>>> "-2: Please reconsider"
>>
>> I am trying to think under which circumstances people give a -2.
>> Maybe
>> something like "We have discussed this feature, and I disagree that
>> it
>> is good for the project." Basically, I don't think that a developer
>> should ever see a -2, unless they specifically disagree with the
>> maintainer, and insist that they are right, to the point of
>> repeatedly
>> submitting patches.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave.
>>
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