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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] 1000 line limit for contributions

the fact that Denis automated this is a great improvement already.

If it was really just the missing notification in this case and in general the review of contributions can be done in less than 2 weeks, that's OK with me.

Best Regards,
Jan




On 19/11/15 14:11, "cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Christian Campo" <cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of christian.campo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Ok…..that was quickly settled…. You owe Jan a beer on the next occassion….:-)
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>But I am really glad we could figure this out….
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>Von: <cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of "denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx" <denis.roy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Antworten an: Cross issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Datum: Donnerstag, 19. November 2015 um 14:08
>An: Cross issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Betreff: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] 1000 line limit for contributions
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>The delay could actually be my fault... There is a bug with the 1000 LOC auto-filer... It doesn't notify the IP team!!
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>A patch is ready and will be deployed today.
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>Apologies... The IP team is typically very responsive to user contributions... When they know about them.
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>Denis
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>-------- Original message --------
>From: Christian Campo <christian.campo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Date: 2015-11-19 5:31 AM (GMT-05:00) 
>To: Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] 1000 line limit for contributions 
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>Wouldnt it be worth to hear what the IP Team has to say why this took so
>long ? I see that Sharon appologized on the CQ that it took so long. That
>made me believe that this was an exception.
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>Does every CQ with 1000 lines take so long ? What is the experience of
>others about reviews with code contributions.
>As I remember vaguely (and that might be incorrect) the IP team runs
>automatic scans over the code, but I am not sure what else they do.
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>I for once believe the work of the IP Team is important and one of the
>core values of the EF vs say Github and I take it serious.
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>Just my 2 cents
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>christian
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>Am 19.11.15, 11:22 schrieb "cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>on behalf of Sievers, Jan" unter
><cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of
>jan.sievers@xxxxxxx>:
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>>If everybody tells me there are ways to dodge around that rule (and of
>>course I know there are), the question arises why do we have the rule in
>>the first place. Seems a little absurd to me.
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>>the effort is not minimal if I have to artificially split up commits.
>>Or maybe you expect me to explain to contributors:
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>>"look, we have this process but nobody takes it serious anyway. so please
>>split up your commit into several < 1000 LOC chunks" ?
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>>Best Regards,
>>Jan
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>>On 19/11/15 11:00, "cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on
>>behalf of Ed Willink" <cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx on
>>behalf of ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Presumably you put tests in a separate plugin, so splitting off the
>>>tests as a separate contribution gets you twice the limit with minimal
>>>effort.
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>>>Perhaps a 10000 line limit might be appropriate for non-deliverable code
>>>such as tests and build tools.
>>>
>>>     Regards
>>>
>>>         Ed Willink
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>>>
>>>On 19/11/2015 09:49, Sievers, Jan wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> in the course of
>>>>
>>>> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=477328
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> we had a contribution that slightly exceeded 1000 lines and thus
>>>>needed a CQ.
>>>> It took about one month to review it.
>>>>
>>>> I am sure the legal team does its very best to keep up with the load,
>>>>so the following is in no way a criticism of the
>>>> people who actually do the legal review.
>>>>
>>>> Rather take it as food for thought to whoever set up this rule.
>>>>
>>>> IMHO the 1000 line rule is effectively setting the wrong incentives
>>>>for a thriving opensource project.
>>>>
>>>> Here is why I think so:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The most diligent contributors add a lot of tests to their patch to
>>>>prove it works.
>>>> This is a good thing and we actively encourage contributors to
>>>>thoroughly test.
>>>> Test code can easily outweigh productive code being tested in terms of
>>>>LOC.
>>>> However this means the most diligent contributors, i.e. the ones you
>>>>want to attract, are more likely to hit the 1000 line limit.
>>>> Instead of thanking them for their hard work, we effectively punish
>>>>them with an extra month or more wait time before their patch can be
>>>>merged.
>>>> Apart from that, the 1000 line limit seems arbitrary to me because
>>>>technically you can split up any commit into any number
>>>> of smaller commits below the 1000 line limit.
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>>>
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