From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Paul Simmons To: development@lists.ipfire.org Subject: Re: (low priority) comment about "patchwork" Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:20:48 -0600 Message-ID: <6131b7e9-e698-4c08-83fd-dd1b3698383c@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============2991579058907167316==" List-Id: --===============2991579058907167316== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/24/25 07:55, Michael Tremer wrote: > Hello Paul, > > Thanks for your curiosity, but things are not as bad as it sounds. > > Yes, there are loads of patches that are sort of abandoned, but that does n= ot mean that there was any work wasted or that we have a huge backlog. > > There are probably some patches that were never intended to be merge - as a= request for comments; some patches have probably been modified when merged s= o Patchwork might have failed to pick up the changes and that is why the patc= h remains =E2=80=9Cunmerged" on there; and there might have been patches that= were once submitted, changes were required and the submitter never came back= . It happens. > > There is probably a lot more stuff somewhere else that has not even made it= onto the list. > > What is sparking your curiosity? > > -Michael > >> On 22 Jan 2025, at 18:16, Paul Simmons wrote: >> >> I notice that "https://patchwork.ipfire.org/project/ipfire/list/" with sel= ections "State =3D Action Required" and "Archived =3D No" has grown to 1230+ = patches, many of which are very old (pre- 2024, and pre- Core191). >> Is this intentional? Please don't interrupt your development flows to inv= estigate... I'm only curious. >> Many thanks, >> P Hello, Michael.=C2=A0 Thanks for the reply! I'm just "hyphenated" (is the term "anal-retentive" hyphenated?), and=20 wondered if patchwork was having difficulties :) I'll go on about my business, "fret no more", and "endeavor to persevere". I give thanks to "all y'all" for your efforts! P PS: Core190 update was very smooth! --===============2991579058907167316==--