[webkit-dev] bugid in ChangeLog

[Maciej Stachowiak]

Darin didn't want to explain, but I'll mention that there are occasionally situations where non-bugzilla review is desirable. Sometimes, it is desirable to avoid drawing attention to a change because it relates to confidential unreleased products, and in such cases it may be necessary to do review in a private venue.

The "too much paperwork" aspect is slightly less important to me, since the majority of reviewed changes already mention a bug number, and webkit-patch upload does not take any more effort than svn-create-patch followed by uploading to a pastebot. But it does seem wasteful to create a bug just for bookkeeping if a change was reviewed in person.

In general, when a problem or mistake happens, it is tempting to think up policies that ensure such a mistake can never happen again. But you have to actually compare the benefit of reduced future problems against the ongoing cost of enforcing the policy. That ongoing cost is more distributed, so adding more project rules tends to have a ratchet effect. I think that is a good reason to be skeptical of adding rules.

Regards,
Maciej


On Mar 28, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Antonio Gomes wrote:

> Darin, could you explain your reasons?
> 
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
> On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:31 AM, Jeremy Orlow wrote:
> 
> > I'd even go a bit further and say that if something is worth a review (even if it's over the shoulder), it's worth a bug + a bug number.
> 
> This is where I do not agree. Review is a requirement, but I don’t think bugs.webkit.org should be.
> 
>    -- Darin
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