From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received-SPF: Pass (sender SPF authorized) identity=mailfrom; client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::433; helo=mail-wr1-x433.google.com; envelope-from=leif.lindholm@linaro.org; receiver=edk2-devel@lists.01.org Received: from mail-wr1-x433.google.com (mail-wr1-x433.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::433]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ml01.01.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5101B2117FD45 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-wr1-x433.google.com with SMTP id x12-v6so1034596wrw.8 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:50:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linaro.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=h48Kba2NnSL3hVtF9gDAo5Ag4kdqeNDZU9jwKeFq3Ko=; b=gi1qSW1wyX4p1l5yU/cj4CD/xdVWvlDmO+6rIywOwjSQ3feSqpKCcdrOAQfBnCL54Q 2x2vip6ZcaxFUC4NvTzXXTlrllnpEPrePtWZqTPCpM9JPRm0hN1aVEXz+9IR3MVzS41b SpRD0hbSi/XE/s45l10hvEL8rTHuRQl/BjAQM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=h48Kba2NnSL3hVtF9gDAo5Ag4kdqeNDZU9jwKeFq3Ko=; b=at7YfVNZOUYpztAGn4pqPadGlxacnWpdhidMoJAXCOflu1gaRIffASZ/I7Etn5E1mK ABWeJZXzKqHo+f54GoQ2NDN2ibRxk9VuaGoGEh8EluAo7THLWxAYPeN3UXyyuyCc21ax NOi47k4JUv6m4RnoF075PDzHU4Z2ikRiHxK+hA7JEagTF+/95+jezZ/4jXfXsmHs+DZO fLLg6PkmRkUMUhvT16hnp+O0aNi65T5cMoJieSySNv/q3aXrpHNEiQ/4n4i1Thkt6OtH Dv1K0cDZRf36kzokslTq9UnvOptYm3hRCTr0yl70EQONpErkwsOowmyplhTBWcV8fupl V8zw== X-Gm-Message-State: AGRZ1gIVS+pzHE7bZ1kbOviOduykAAnqvftEPtOdk1QnBZ68FzzfG3pZ m5lXXMc0XDDVOJIR8B0Kqyozqw== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AJdET5d40322iv+cOglWm1v0gTaMoj21blOEdy1A870DoSdfeePeU8Lyz4amAuWfkgkXikKXSg6X8w== X-Received: by 2002:adf:b593:: with SMTP id c19-v6mr5706700wre.223.1540554638441; Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:50:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from bivouac.eciton.net (bivouac.eciton.net. [2a00:1098:0:86:1000:23:0:2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l70-v6sm9142132wma.0.2018.10.26.04.50.37 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:50:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:50:35 +0100 From: Leif Lindholm To: Laszlo Ersek Cc: Eric Jin , edk2-devel@lists.01.org, Evan Lloyd , Sami Mujawar , Supreeth Venkatesh , Achin Gupta Message-ID: <20181026115035.5mcxkx7sjfpzuevm@bivouac.eciton.net> References: <20181013151936.15784-1-eric.jin@intel.com> <20181016022826.kj63jctabgoxcf2h@bivouac.eciton.net> <41ea021e-c68b-a875-9c70-670699c98d28@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <41ea021e-c68b-a875-9c70-670699c98d28@redhat.com> User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2) Subject: Re: [PATCH] uefi-sct/SctPkg:Add conformance test cases for deprecated EFI_VARIABLE_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS attribute. X-BeenThere: edk2-devel@lists.01.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: EDK II Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2018 11:50:40 -0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Laszlo, many thanks for this. Cc:ing some new(ish) maintainers. / Leif On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 02:04:01PM +0200, Laszlo Ersek wrote: > Hi Leif, > > On 10/16/18 04:28, Leif Lindholm wrote: > > > Laszlo: a few years ago, you also posted a _really_ useful email about > > the process of being a maintainer, and helpful workflows (like "sort > > emails to review immediately on reception, even if you don't have time > > to review now"). I have since failed to find it in my history (or via > > google). Since you're very organised - do you have it lying around, > > and if so would you be able to re-post it? > > I'm sure I still have the email, if I sent it; however, I can't find it > now, because I don't personally remember the *specific* email you refer > to, and so I can't come up with good search terms, for the program that > indexes my mailbox ("recoll"). > > Anyway, what I generally do is: > > - I maintain a set of tagged emails that present work items. This set > (of emails) exists in addition to bugzillas that are assigned to me. > > - I process emails in batches. I sync my mailbox, and then turn off > synching, until I have covered everything possible, at that point, that > relate to my mailbox. > > - In every new batch in my INBOX, I go over the emails as quickly as > possible, trying to triage emails as I go. If I can take care of an > email immediately, I do. If it needs more work (especially focused > work), then I tag the email, and archive it at once. If the tagged email > is private (not on any list), then I'll let it sit tagged in my personal > archive folder. If the email is also on some list, then I might choose > to tag the email in that folder instead, and archive the personal copy > without tagging it. > > - I go over all the new emails in my list folders as well (i.e. emails > that I'm not personally CC'd on). Dependent on list, I dedicate > different amounts of attention. > > - Once I'm done triaging / tagging the new batch (and therefore I have > no unread messages in my entire mailbox), I search my mailbox for all > tagged messages. I usually list those hits in chronological order, but > not always (e.g., sometimes I group them by containing folder). I work > my way through these items slowly. Importantly, I shut out interruptions > while I do this -- no more email synching, no phone, no IRC. And the > FIFO processing order of the tagged messages mostly ensures good > responsiveness from my side, despite this process being quite OK at > throughput as well. > > (Your present email fell in the "take care of it at once" category :) ) > > Thanks, > Laszlo