[webkit-dev] r- your own patches [was: Re: RenderArena: Teaching an old dog new tricks]

[Mike Lawther]

On 16 November 2012 09:59, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa at webkit.org> wrote:

>
> While I don’t want to further agitate the issue or go off on a tangent,
> and agree that we must address the security aspect before getting rid of
> RenderArena, only WebKit reviewers can r- patches written by other
> contributors. You’re not even supposed to set r- on your own patches. See
> http://www.webkit.org/coding/commit-review-policy.html
>

I see that page says 'Note that you should not put r+ nor r- on patches in
such unofficial reviews' with respect to a non-reviewer doing a shadow
review.

I can't see the extrapolation from that to 'you can't r- your own patches'.
I thought r-'ing your own patch was a relatively common practice when
uploading a WIP patch, as a signal that 'I have no intention of landing
this patch', and as a courtesy so a reviewer will not waste any time
looking at it (unless specifically asked).

I don't see why I wouldn't be allowed to r- my own patch?

    mike
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