[PATCH 0/3] Add basic support for series of patches

[Jeremy Kerr]

Hi Doug,

> * It looks like "In-Reply-To" isn't super easy as a method for
> collecting groups of patches since git send-email can run in a number
> of different modes (chained replies vs not and also the "in-reply-to"
> option).  It could be used (and would be more robust than my
> heuristics), but we need to be careful to test all of the different
> modes.

Yes, and I think we can handle all of these, especially as we keep the 
message-id of every patch and comment; we could scan the contents of the 
In-Reply-To and References header looking for linkages to patches in the 
same series.

> * In practice, the heuristics that I've used seem to work really well
> to identify groups of patches.  I have yet to see them fail as long as
> all of the patches are actually visible.

I was planning to use some of your logic in the patch parser too :)

>> One really helpful thing would be some contributions for testcases;
>> especially when the parser receives patches out-of-order.
>
> What format are you looking for for test cases?  I'm happy to dig
> through email folders and find some interesting ones.

Ideally, these would be additions to the existing tests in 
apps/patchwork/tests. Check out patchparser.py in particular. Of course, 
this will depend on which implementation we end up using, so maybe just 
collect a few examples of different threading styles for now.

Cheers,


Jeremy