lvu submit changed - now uses HTTP POST to deliver patch

[Kok, Auke]

Duncan Gibson wrote:
>> currently the script notifies the user both when the patch got accepted or
>> rejected. The script can also defer acceptance in which case it'll just
>> sit longer in the queue.
> 
> OK, I just got an acceptance for a module I submitted earlier. Without the
> mailing list feedback I was worried it might have gone astray while the
> kinks are being straightened out. I suppose I'm just impatient.
> 
>> I hope to add some stuff to it that will either throw a summary out (to
>> lunar-dev) for the current queue if there are items older than 24h in it,
>> or post a weekly queue summary somehow.
> 
> My 2c would be to forward the submission to the mailing list like now.
> 
>> However, my goal is to review the queue on a daily basis at least and get
>> feedback returned within such a time frame. How I'll do the above items I
>> just don't know yet.
> 
> Cloning? :-)
> 
> I think if people get a mailing list acknowledgement, which is sort of
> what happens now, they will be prepared to wait a little longer. Especially
> if the submission queue is visible on a web page somewhere and they can
> see that things are happening, even if not to their module right now.

ok, that is a good idea, I can certainly try to setup a webpage that monitors 
these quite easily.

I'll see how I can integrate that, should not be too hard.

Auke