Hi, On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 04:27:58PM -0700, Pedro wrote: > But since you can't ask the developers to do such a boring job, even that > won't solve the problem...
Thats not entirely true. Yes, just asking some random developer to fix some random regression (likely by another developer) is a very bad idea as it assumes guilt by association. Bibisecting a regression and asking the developer who causes the regression to fix it ... is less of a problem. There still might be valid reasons from this developer not being able to care for this particular regression at this point in time, so dont assume this to be a strictly mechanic thing. Note however that regressions _are_ being watched at the ESC. And people are also watching who caused them (which is only possible when they are bibisected) and where -- at least I am doing this already for quite a while. Im not calling names in public though, as that would likely be very counterproductive. It would only be a last resort if things go really out of hands. So QA can help here by really bibisecting bugs: Bibisected bugs tell developers where we cant be braver and we are going too fast and loose. Good data on bibisected regressions allows developer to handle things properly. However, organizing the response has to happen between the developers (e.g. on the ESC) as it would be foolish to assume a strictly mechanical handling to be helpful here. Best, Bjoern P.S.: If you want to raise visibility to regressions in a helpful way, I suggest you start with a _positive_ motivation for developers. E.g. QA giving out a badge each month for the three developers with (most simple approach): - a/ the most commits - b/ without a regression known to be bibisected down to a commit of him/her I assume something like that might create some good and _positive_ motivation in the right direction ... _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
