[dpdk-dev] DPDK patch backlog

[Thomas Monjalon]

2015-10-21 11:48, Panu Matilainen:
> On 10/21/2015 11:25 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote:
> > 2015-10-20 21:34, Stephen Hemminger:
> >> Patch backlog is not getting better, now at 486.
> >>
> >> How can we break this logjam?
> >> Do I need to make a new "ready for merge" tree?
> >
> > What would mean "ready for merge"?
> > A lot of patches are acked but do not compile or doc is missing.
> 
> Well, isn't that one quite reasonable definition of being "ready"?
> - patch must be acked
> - patch must apply and compile (when relevant)
> - is appropriately documented (commit message style and all)

Yes.
Compilation must be tested with GCC and clang, as static and shared libraries
and for 32-bit and 64-bit targets.
Documented means good commit message and doc or release notes updated.