On 10/29/07, Jordan Crouse jordan.crouse@amd.com wrote:
I'm not sure if SiS is coming back, and I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.
Translation: we, collectively, need to do better. I realize we're all volunteers, and this is a 'time available' activity. Given that, what can we do better to make this smoother for people?
One possibility is, the next time someone comes in, rather than just critiquing the code, we get a group of people -- say 3 or 4 -- each of whom takes on the responsibility for a directory, starting at the leaves. Something like this:
superio (s) southbridge(s) northbridges(s) cpu
once those are absorbed, we do the mainboard, and then, the target.
This is the 'shepherd' model.
This team would form dynamically and communicate (via the list?) on the changes that have to be made. But people would have to sign up for a given piece, and a deadline.
But if we can't do better when someone like Morgan comes in, it's going to hurt us. I don't feel (me included) that we did what we needed to do. The 'code critique' approach works in some cases, but for those who need more assistance, we need a different procedure, which would be more active and helpful.
ron