On 2007-07-19T13:08:17, Alan Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrew has told me explicitly on the mailing list that he felt he had no
> restrictions on what he could push to dev. Those may _all_ be good, but
> does he in his judgment think every single one is low enough risk to
> meet the criteria for a late date in the release? Do they have bugzillas?
Not all bugs have bugzillas. And, with some common sense (as opposed to
rush-mode), not every commit needs them if the changelog is good enough.
(If the changelog isn't good enough, the chances are high that the
bugzilla grumpily created to meet a release criteria wouldn't be much
better either ;-)
So, requesting clarification on specific changes is quite appropriate,
if it isn't clear. I quite often do that when I need to assemble
changelog entries for something, because I don't always get it.
Just like patches proposed on this list might require further
discussion.
> important, I simply don't have the information to bring it in responsibly.
That information should be in the commit. If it isn't, ask.
Release processes are about the big things (ie, releases _do_ happen in
a planned manner), this seems to be a redherring. Whether the discussion
starts from a mail to a list, or from "Hey I saw this commit go in,
what about it" seems to be arguing details.
> The right time to have brought up this objection was about a week ago,
> when I suggested this policy.
True. However, very little commits have gone in since, so this
discussion still is about future changes and not about a huge backlog of
changes. So, redherring squared.
> Right now, I just want to get this one out the door.
Right. I'd suggest to do so by using a non-stick frying pan for those
herrings ;-)
Regards,
Lars
--
Teamlead Kernel, SuSE Labs, Research and Development
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
"Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." -- Oscar Wilde
_______________________________________________________
Linux-HA-Dev: [email protected]
http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha-dev
Home Page: http://linux-ha.org/
