Meet the Maintainers BoF
summary
Zephyr maintainership discussion lists concrete fixes: a documented 4-ey principle for neutral code review, active work to clarify the RFC flow from idea to tree, and attention to the upcoming LTS 3.7 cut. Pain points include review backlog (about ~800 open pull requests), stalled PRs due to Git author/CLA hiccups, and hard-to-review large driver submissions. Practical controls mentioned are better CI gating, maintainership load balancing, and clearer escalation and notification workflows.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00Introduction to the maintainers BoF session
- 1:45Zephyr project challenges
- 5:44Review process improvements
- 7:12Maintainer perspectives
- 9:25Big changes and frustrations
- 11:13Security concerns
- 16:04Maintainer file issues
- 20:38LTS release improvements
- 23:50PR review delays
- 27:03Stalled PRs
- 29:32Large PRs burden
- 31:59Contributor expectations
- 33:22Notification overload
- 37:14New contributor education
- 40:46Contributor guidance
- 43:17CI and identity issues
- 45:46Abandoned PRs handling
- 46:30Notification systems
- 47:55Repository workflows
- 50:01Closed-source onboarding
- 52:29Notification management
- 54:16Community best practices
- 55:18Closing remarks
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