From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (smtp1.linux-foundation.org [172.17.192.35]) by mail.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CA0BCBC4 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 13:21:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta2.delivery3.ore.mailhop.org (pmta2.delivery3.ore.mailhop.org [54.213.22.21]) by smtp1.linuxfoundation.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3C888F0 for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2015 13:21:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 13:05:40 +0000 From: Jason Cooper To: Mark Brown Message-ID: <20150708130539.GG23515@io.lakedaemon.net> References: <20150707224025.GJ11162@sirena.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20150707224025.GJ11162@sirena.org.uk> Cc: ksummit-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-discuss] [CORE TOPIC] services needed from kernel.org infrastructure List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 11:40:25PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Tue, Jul 07, 2015 at 10:42:49PM +0200, Jiri Kosina wrote: > > > I personally would very welcome a facility that'd send out an e-mail if a > > new commit is pushed to a git.kernel.org repo branch (sort of what tip-bot > > and akpm's scripts are doing these days) to automatically notify the patch > > author that the patch has been merged and pushed out. > > Those are useful, I know Greg has one and I just wrote one too. I'm not > sure it needs to be on the server side though, they can also be done > from the client which lets you try to fine tune things more readily. The tip tree has one as well. There are many benefits to server-side, and I think it's worth discussing the scope and success/fail criteria. For example: - What will the script do? - What will it *not* do? - Should we try it for a year and report back? - How do we quantify success/failure? - Who is going to write it? Maintain it? It's also worth noting that this ties in neatly with the recruitment effort. I clearly recall the first automated email I received from Greg, followed up quickly by an automated email from Andrew. The "Holy sh*t! My patch got merged!" feeling hooked me. I'll chime in with more thoughts on the recruitment thread, I don't want to hijack this one. Suffice to say, I think automated, targeted, concise notifications would be a good thing. thx, Jason.