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[Bryce Harrington <bryce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 02:25:47PM +0100, Jonathan Lange wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Robert Collins
> <robertc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ...
> > I wonder if we should take a page from Bazaar and Ubuntu at this point
> > and increase the OCR program towards a patch pilot program.
> >
> > The basic difference is that a patch pilot will actively fix up
> > proposals that are nearly-there rather than usually stopping when the
> > review is done. This is primarily relevant for non-paid contributors
> > who may have time constraints or knowledge limits and will benefit the
> > most from us investing in some assistance there.
> >
> 
> It's also a mind-set thing: "how can I help land this patch?" rather
> than looking only for what needs to be fixed.
> 
> I think a change like that would be good.

+1.  I had a couple branches in review blocked a long time on stuff I
wasn't sure how to handle (coupled with a massive lack of free time).
Curtis was very helpful using the above mindset and applying a heap of
JFDI to get one of the branches in, which has helped unblock me on the
other branch (which I'm breaking into smaller more digestible chunks as
I probably should have done to begin with).

Bryce