2037: Inter-patch dependency support

arthur.*******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
March 20, 2011
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It will happen that people submit several patches that are interdependant.

Linux Kernel workflow is, as reflected by git-format-patch, to send several requests tagged [PATCH 1/5] [PATCH 2/5] etc.

Our way of reflecting such dependencies in FreedroidRPG (which uses ReviewBoard) is to manually tag the patch titles.
It would however be possible to do something more clever, such as a tree view, but the complexity of that means this is probably out of the scope of ReviewBoard as a lightweight tool.

However, it would be possible to add a "depends on" field to each ticket, just like the "bug" field. It would be a good start and help us significantly.
chipx86
#1 chipx86 
We may go the route of having full-on patch management where a review request can represent multiple diffs. I don't know if we want to, as it'll definitely impact things. However, the "depends on" is perfectly doable, and is actually covered by issue 281.
#2 arthur.*******@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.) 
Sorry for not picking up on the duplicate myself.