Re: [HACKERS] Need more reviewers!

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> I don't *want* the rule, I just think we *need* the rule because
> otherwise sponsors/managers/etc make business decisions to exclude that
> aspect of the software dev process.

How exactly would you even begin to enforce such a rule? Retroactively
pull otherwise vali patches from the queue? Ban people from sending
email to the -patches list?

> Otherwise we have a patch-and-dump culture that is unsustainable because
> a few people's benevolence as reviewers turns everything into a
> bottleneck. It doesn't need to mean loss of control for core and
> committers.

That problem needs a solution, but not the one you proposed.

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