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

[Adam Barth]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Mike Lawther <mikelawther at google.com> wrote:
> 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?

It seems fine to r- your own patch.  You can also clear the review
flag if you're not interested in having someone review your patch.

If you want to upload a work-in-progress patch, one pattern I use is
the following:

webkit-patch upload --no-review -m "Work-in-progress"

That will avoid setting the review flag and will label the patch as a
work in progress.

Adam