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99 Patches, but Reviews Ain't One#

Open vSwitch and OVN 2026 Fall Conference digest Program Wildcard pick 2–4 November 2026

Abstract

Eelco Chaudron, Red Hat, LLC.

  • Why: Not about networking at all — about the OVS project's review bottleneck, with numbers on review workload and where patches stall. For anyone whose product depends on OVS/OVN landing features (and whose teams could review), this is the health-of-the-substrate talk.
  • What: A patch's journey from ovs-dev to merge, an honest look at who actually reviews, numbers on current review workload and bottlenecks, and the case that community review is essential to merge speed and knowledge spread. (from abstract only)
  • How: Lightning-talk analysis of review statistics across the project's patch flow.
  • Where applicable: The OVS/OVN contributor and dependent-vendor ecosystem generally; lightning-talk depth, so expect data over solutions.