On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 21:38:00 +0200 Graham Leggett <minf...@sharp.fm> wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2013, at 9:09 PM, "William A. Rowe Jr." > <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: > > > At what times was the tree 'open to tag' by any RM? You effectively > > placed a block on potential release activity and held STATUS hostage > > to your whims for well over 1/2 of the past 12 months, but rarely > > met a commit date, and often held it hostage with no specific > > commitment. > > I don't follow, at no point have I ever interpreted someone saying > "I'll RM" as "stand back - I have the baton and nobody is allowed to > do anything until I say so". All it means is "I'll RM", nothing more. Which is a reservation. > If someone doesn't RM when they said they would, it is probably > because something came up, or perhaps a security issue appeared and > they hope that it be resolved, or any of a number of reasons. Nothing > stops someone else stepping up to say "mind if I take over? I want to > see this out the door". And dev@ is a wonderful place for communicating both the intent to roll and offer to pick up the responsibility from another, agreed. A section titled 'Release History:' is not the place to record that back-and-forth negotiation of what should be released, and when.
