First off, let me say a huge thank you to the folk who have been working the merge queue (https://code.launchpad.net/launchpad-project/+activereviews) during their OCR stints.
I spent today going through all the needs-review proposals and trying to action them (in any of a variety of ways :P); we're now down to 9 needs-review bugs which are either actively getting changed by their developers or genuinely need a review. This would have been incredibly daunting if you hadn't been chipping away at it for a while now. I hope we can sustain this and keep the needs-review set down to approximately zero - like we have done with bug triage. That said, we have 34 proposals that are approved and not landed. I wonder if we should take a page from Bazaar and Ubuntu at this point and increase the OCR program towards a patch pilot program. The basic difference is that a patch pilot will actively fix up proposals that are nearly-there rather than usually stopping when the review is done. This is primarily relevant for non-paid contributors who may have time constraints or knowledge limits and will benefit the most from us investing in some assistance there. The 34 approved-and-unlanded proposals include 7 from non-canonical-launchpad contributors, so I think there is plenty of stuff for a patch pilot to do. OTOH perhaps we're sitting on a narrow equilibrium with the OCR program, and don't have the bandwidth for the OCR's to also polish patches. If thats the case, perhaps this is something the CHR rotation could encompass? I've not got a specific proposal at this point, just putting it out there. -Rob _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
