[Reviewers] What to do with mpm/flow?

[Gregory Szorc]

On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Augie Fackler <raf at durin42.com> wrote:

> A friend on freenode (bcc’ed) whispered me and mentioned that
> https://www.mercurial-scm.org/wiki/mpm/flow looks pretty lousy. It’s also
> super out of date. Anyone got ideas beyond just emptying the page out or
> hitting it with a “historical interest” flag?
>
> I know in general that flow control is still a little bit of a problem,
> but the BDFL “slow down or else” attitude is remarkably unwelcoming…
>

Yes, we should throw a giant "this is historical" banner on the page.

We should also not discourage people from sending patches - even if there
is a large backlog. If a new contributor is willing to make a contribution,
the barrier should be as low as possible. This includes not having to check
for in-flight reviews.
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