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From: Alex Alexander <wired@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling of keywording bugs with only one arch
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:51:19
Message-Id: 20100327145156.GA16282@fury.skynet
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling of keywording bugs with only one arch by "Petteri Räty"
1 On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 04:26:46PM +0200, Petteri Räty wrote:
2 > On 03/12/2010 09:18 PM, Petteri Räty wrote:
3 > > There seems to be two different schools on who to assign a keywording
4 > > bug with only a single arch. I have myself assigned it to the arch in
5 > > question but there's a difference of opinion here:
6 > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272160#c5
7 > > Let's get agreed on a single approach and I will add a note here:
8 > > http://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording/index.html
9 > > I naturally support the approach I have been doing as I think the arch
10 > > team is the one in charge.
11 > >
12 > > Regards,
13 > > Petteri
14 > >
15 >
16 > So let's summarize for assigning to the single arch:
17 >
18 > Against (and my comments on why they don't apply):
19 > - Comments would only go to arch team after resolving:
20 > * maintainer is still in Cc or Reporter
21 > - Arch teams not in charge of fixing problems
22 > * If problems come up they deserve a new bug as a dependency
23 > * one bug per issue and a stabilization bug is about stabilization
24 > - Maintainer being able to decide when to go stable
25 > * Bug wranglers should still assign to maintainers for their ack
26 > * The maintainer assigns it to the arch team
27 >
28 > In support (and my comments in support):
29 > - Can be used as a gentle reminder for slacker arches
30 > - The arch teams are actually ones doing the work to resolve the bug
31 > * As they are the ones to mark it as resolved it makes sense for them
32 > to be the assignees
33 >
34 > So based on this I propose that I will write this down in appropriate
35 > places in to our documentation and commit a week from now. Please object
36 > if you don't agree and we can discuss some more.
37 >
38 > Regards,
39 > Petteri
40
41 The only reason I don't really like this is because it breaks
42 consistency. We have a ground rule, assign to maintainer, CC arch(es).
43 Why make it more complicated? I have a feeling people will continue
44 CCing arches out of habit.
45
46 Ofcourse, individual cases (such as slacking arches) can be handled
47 independently.
48
49 --
50 Alex Alexander :: wired
51 Gentoo Developer
52 www.linuxized.com

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Handling of keywording bugs with only one arch "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>