On 3 June 2016 at 21:02, Rui Ueyama ruiu@google.com wrote:
Is the LLD community in agreement that a few core developers can and will continue to block contributions, while doing all the work themselves until such a day that it's deemed ready by the same developers, in which time that everyone else will then, be allowed to collaborate?
No, and I think I've never blocked any contributions for such reason. I apologize I didn't review Adhemerval patch. My knowledge of AArch64 and TLS optimizations is limited, and since Rafael (who knows most about relocation handling in LLD) was reviewing it, I deferred it to him. I'll try to review it next time.
Or is the community in disagreement with Rafael's behaviour and will try to not only curb it, but openly and actively promote more collaboration by allowing other people to participate in the design and implementation of their own targets?
Yes, including the part that Rafael should have done this differently.
Rafael, I think you want to slow down a little bit and take more time on getting consensus on commits, even for things that you think "too obvious". Code review for LLD is usually fast, and overall it would make the development even faster because of smooth communication between collaborators.
Rui,
Thank you very much for your response.
I'm relieved that I had not made the wrong decision about LLD some years back, and I really appreciate the work you have being putting on it.
Looking forward to more collaborations in the present and future!
cheers, --renato