Desired new features to patchworks...

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Feb 8 16:12:17 EST 2011


On Feb 7, 2011, at 6:11 PM, Jeff Kirsher wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 01:34, Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher at intel.com> wrote:
>> Patchworks has been a great tool when keeping track of patches, but it
>> lacks two very useful bits of information.
>> 
>> Feature 1- Metrics: It would be great to have the number of patches in a
>> particular "state" on any given page.  For instance, if I were to go to
>> the patches link of a particular project, it would be nice to have in
>> the header of the page the number of "new", "Under Review", etc.
>> patches.  Also if I were to do a search of all patches submitted by an
>> individual, the number of patches in there various states is displayed
>> in the header (as well as the results of the search).
>> 
>> Feature 2- Duration: Another feature that would be nice to see is the
>> amount of time a patch stays in a particular state and/or the average
>> duration that patches stay in a particular state.  This feature would
>> help diagnosing bottlenecks in the patch review/test/commit process.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jeff
>> 
> 
> I apologize for sending this out again, the reason being was that I
> got a response from an individual off-list that gave me a URL
> regarding a tool they had designed and built to generate metrics from
> patchwork.  I have misplaced the email the individual sent me and I am
> hoping to get that information again.
> 

Would be nice to generally know about this tool.  I think others would be interested.

- k



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