Quotes of the week (review)

We need higher S/N on l-k. We need people looking into the subsystem trees as those grow and causing a stench when bad things are found, with design issues getting brought to l-k if nothing else helps. We need tree maintainers understanding that review, including out-of-community one, is needed (the need of testing is generally better understood - I _hope_).

That all sounds good and I expect few would disagree. But if it is to happen, it clearly won't happen by itself, automatically. We will need to force it upon ourselves and the means by which we will do that is process changes. The thing which is being disparaged as "bureaucracy".

The steps to be taken are:

a) agree that we have a problem

b) agree that we need to address it

c) identify the day-to-day work practices which will help address it (as you have done)

d) identify the process changes which will force us to adopt those practices

e) implement those process changes.

I have thus far failed to get us past step a).

I for one do not agree that we have a problem.